A private school teacher was allegedly gang-raped by four criminals who were reported to have committed the crime at gun-point with masks covering their faces. The survivor was said to be living with her children, with her husband being in Delhi working for a private company.
The incident occurred on Saturday night in the survivor’s residence, located around 20 kms from Khatima. After the crime, the miscreants allegedly decamped with jewellery taken from the victim’s house. The number of the accused involved in the crime was four, said police, adding that they would be arrested soon.
The incident occurred when the survivor along with her two children was watching television. Four armed criminals barged into her house from the side of the terrace and brandishing gun, they took the woman into a room where they allegedly gang-raped her. The armed criminals later allegedly looted the house and decamped with jewellery, leaving the survivor in an unconscious state. As she narrated the incident to one of her neighbours police were informed.
The incident has left the people living in the locality scared. They say they are feeling insecure with the criminals making bold to go for such a ghastly crime, reducing to police security to ridicule. “We demand fool-proof security aside from the criminals being brought to book and exemplarily punished by way of deterrent,” said one of them.
The woman was admitted at a local hospital where her condition was stated to be stable. Khatima Police Station in-charge Ajay Dhyani said that a team has been formed to investigate the case. “Police team members would arrest the criminals soon. Victim’s statement was recorded under section 161 of CrPC and based on her complaint, a case under sections 394/376 (d) of IPC was registered against four unidentified persons in Khatima Police Station,” he said, adding that the survivor was recovering and her statement would be recorded under section 164 of CrPC before the magistrate in a day or two.