Five residents of Ghaziabad were arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly gang-raping a 25-year-old woman for the past three years. The accused had also made her MMS clip and blackmailed the victim by threatening of putting it on internet if she refused to give in to their demands.
Unable to take the physical humiliation, the victim mustered the courage and narrated her tale of horror to her husband, who in turn approached the Delhi Police and a case was registered against five accused persons at Jagatpuri Police station of East distrcit.
Police sources said the accused have been identified as Amit Chauhan (30), Raju (36), Harendra Singh (36), Ashraf (32) and Punit Sharma (27). “All of them run their own shops of construction material in Ghaziabad and some of them are bookies. The accused persons had also extorted money from the victim,” the sources added.
The incident came to light on June 15. “The victim told the police that three years ago, she had met one Amit Chauhan, her neighbour in Shakarpur. Chauhan put her inside his car near Shakarpur crossing and raped her along with his friends in a moving car. And, another accused shot the act,” the sources added.
After raping her, the accused persons threatened her that they will upload her pictures on the internet if she informed anyone about the incident.
later, they started blackmailing her and forcefully raped her one by one on several occasions. Six months ago, they forced her into prostitution ring and started sending her to their friend’s residence. “After around three years, she told the police that she was unable to bear the physical subjugation,” sources said. Based on the victim's complaint, a case was registered under Sections 366 (abduction), 376-D (gangrape), 383 (extortion) 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.