A 21-year-old girl was held captive and sexually assaulted by a dairy owner at Bairagarh Kalan under Khajoori police station area on Friday. According to the police, the victim was held captive and sexually assaulted by the accused Devendra Meena, who fled from the spot leaving the victim.
The victim escaped and reported the incident to the parents. A complaint was lodged with the Khajoori police. After the preliminary investigation, a case under sections 376 and 506 of the IPC and sections of Prevention of SC/ST Act was registered on Saturday.
In her complaint, victim claimed that when she had gone to purchase grocery, she was abducted by Meena and was taken to a secluded place and sexually assaulted. After sexually assaulting the victim, the accused threatened her to kill her and told to keep mum over the incident.
The victim braved to report the incident to her family and later, lodged a complaint. The police have transferred the case to AJK police for further investigation.
Police are yet to find the accused and claimed that the accused would be nabbed soon.
Meanwhile, in Gandhi Nagar, a 22-year-old married woman was sexually assaulted by two men on Friday. A case was registered by Gandhi Nagar police station.
According to police, the victim claimed that while she was asleep, Rajesh and Santosh entered her house and tried to sexually assault her but she raised an alarm, which forced them to escape.
The victim lives with her husband at an under construction building in front of Parnakuti in Gandhi Nagar area.
The police have registered a case under section 376, 511, 450, 506 and 34 of the IPC and have started searching for the accused.