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Girl lured with job, gang-raped

Staff Reporter

A 22-year-old girl from Ghaziabad was allegedly gang-raped by two persons in a car in the parking lot of a five star hotel situated in high-security Chankyapuri area of the Capital. In her complaint, the victim told the police that she had been in touch with the accused for the last one year. A case has been registered at Chankayapuri police station. However, no arrest has been made so far.

A senior police official said, the rape took place on April 25, 2014. “As per the victim’s statement, she knew the two men, who also hail from Ghaziabad for the last one year. On April 25, the duo, residents of Hindon Vihar called her on the pretext of providing her a job. They took her in a car and parked it close to a five-star Hotel Ashok in Chanakyapuri area where they gave her sedative-spiked drinks which left her unconcious,” said a senior police official.

The victim told police that when she regained consciousness, she learnt that she was being raped. They threatened her of dire consequences if she revealed the incident to anyone. “She has further claimed that the duo called her again on June 3 on the pretext of providing her a job and again raped her in the car near ISBT,” the official said. The girl has also told the police that she had been raped by them several times at different places.

“The girl has denied undergoing a medical test. We will procure the footage CCTV of the particular date installed at the premises to investigate the case further,” the official added.

2 held for raping Ugandan woman

Two men have been arrested for abduction and rape of a 30-year-old Ugandan woman in the national Capital on Saturday. According to the complaint, the victim, a resident of the Dwarka had gone to the Janakpuri district centre on Thursday evening. As she came out of the district centre, two car-borne accused dragged her into her vehicle and took the victim to a flat in Dwarka. “At the flat, they took turn to rape her and then dumped her in a secluded place in the locality. They also took away her mobile phone. The woman later approached the police and lodged her complaint,” he said.