Chandigarh

Fifth rape in a row in Hooda's home town

PNS

Fifth case of rape in a row during last five days in hometown of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was reported on Thursday night when a resident of Karontha village located on Rohtak-Jhajjar road here lodged a complaint with the police stating that his daughter was raped by a co-villager.

 The police have started investigation after registering a case of rape against the accused. No arrest was made till filing of the report while the police had launched a hunt to nab the accused.

 In his complaint, the victim’s father stated that the accused overpowered her daughter outside his residence in the village on Wednesday night when she was going to attend nature’s call in open. The accused forcibly took her to an isolated place in the village and raped her there.

 The victim then came to the house and narrated the story to her kin who later approached the police and lodged a complaint in this regard. The police then got medical examination of the girl conducted, which confirmed rape with the girl.