The Delhi Police arrested five men, including an engineer from Tech Mahindra, on Sunday for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman at East Delhi’s Pandav Nagar. The woman told police that the men locked her in a flat and took turns to rape her till early hours of Sunday.
In a bid to escape from the custody of the five men, the woman reportedly jumped from the first floor balcony of the building due to which she sustained injuries on her legs.
Police said they have registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code at the Pandav Nagar police station against the five accused, who work in different private call centres. According to a senior police officer, the five accused have been identified as lakshay Bhalla, Vikas Kumar, Naveen, Swarit and Prateek. While all the accused work in a call center in Noida, Swarit works as an engineer in Tech Mahindra.
Police said the woman, a mother of two kids was allegedly taken to the Pandav Nagar flat by Vikas.
Police sources said that Vikas left the flat after allegedly telling the woman that he has some work and he will pick her up in the morning after finishing the work.
A senior police officer said that the woman lived with her two children in South Delhi’s Munirka area. In her statement, she told police that she knew Vikas for the past few months. On Saturday night, Vikas met her in Munirka and asked her to accompany him to his friend’s house for a party.
“The woman left with him and on the way met two of his friends. The three brought her to the flat where their three other friends were already present. Vikas stepped out after sometime, leaving the woman with the five men,” said the senior police officer.
The woman reportedly told police that the five forced her to consume alcohol. When she got drunk, they allegedly locked her in the flat and took turns to rape her. They allegedly threatened to harm her if she raised an alarm or attempted to escape from the flat.
At around 5.30 am, the woman managed to reach the balcony and jumped. She alerted some passersby about the sexual assault she was subjected to. One of them informed the police.
“Following which, the woman was admitted to the lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital for medical treatment and examination. She has sustained minor injuries on her legs. We have registered a case and arrested the five youths,” said Omvir Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East).
Meanwhile, police said that further investigation is on and that the woman had been changing her statement.