Three arrested for raping woman in Sonbhadra forest

VARANASI: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a woman, 23, in a forest in Dharatitad area under Beejpur police station of Sonbhadra on Saturday, police said.

According to the police the victim’s father made a police complaint in which he said that the incident occurred when his daughter and her fiancé were returning after visiting a temple situated on a hilltop in the forest. A police officer said that the victim’s father named three youths, including Shyam Lal, Munni Lal and Angad, all in their late twenties, of stopping his daughter and raping her after threatening to kill her fiancé.A case under section 376 D (gangrape), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (prevention of atrocities) Act has been registered against the three accused, said superintendent of police, Sonbhadra, Amarendra Prasad Singh.

Singh who also visited the crime spot said that all three accused have been taken into custody and were being interrogated. Circle officer Ram Ashish is investigating the matter. Station officer Beejpur Devtanand Singh has been instructed to ensure strict action, the police official said.

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE WOMAN AND HER FIANCÉ WERE RETURNING AFTER VISITING A TEMPLE ON A HILL TOP