A married woman who went missing from Malanpur has been rescued in Morena district headquarters and it came to light that she was abducted, confined and raped by four people over two-and-a-half months.
"On April 8, a Silouli village resident complained that she and her daughter were in Malanpur to work as labourers but the daughter became untraceable on April 6," Sub-Divisional Officer Police (SDOP) Amarnath Verma said here on Sunday.
On Saturday, a tip-off was received that the woman was abducted by some people and restrained at a dwelling in Morena. Narrating her tale of woe, the victim said on April 6, while she was looking for work, one Naresh and his brother Neetu met her and on the pretext of providing employment at a factory they led her away.
Their friends Mahesh and Ramvilas joined the two males and then the woman was forcibly taken to Morena. Till filing of this report all the accused are absconding and police has launched extensive search for them.
Cases of abduction and rape are on the rise in the district. Notably, a rape survivor was allegedly murdered by the accused, who was out on bail. The woman, a resident of Bhind district, died while undergoing treatment in Delhi on June 19. Her body was brought to Bhind on Thursday and post-mortem was conducted.
On April 1, the survivor filed a complaint at Dehat police station of the district that accused Rajiv Dubey, a resident of Virgawan village, exploited her sexually for more than one year on the pretext that he'd help her husband get a Government job. When even after a year Dubey failed to get the husband a job, she filed the complaint, the survivor said. Subsequently, Dubey was arrested and sent to jail and recently released on bail, said sources.