A second incident of gang-rape was reported in Haridwar district within a period of one month. A teenager was gang-raped by a labour contractor and his friend who had assured her job in a private company on Tuesday. The incident took place in the Ranipur Police Station area. Haridwar police claim to have arrested the main accused, Chandoli (Uttar Pradesh) native Amar Singh, while the other accused Abhay is still absconding.
Ranipur police station in-charge MC Joshi said that in her written complaint, the 19-year-old girl said that she had approached local contractor Amar Singh seeking employment in a private company recently. After being assured a job by Singh, the latter took her to a company where she was interviewed on Tuesday and told to join from the next day.
According to the complainant, while returning from the company, she was gang-raped by the contractor and his friend in the bush near Tehri rehabilitation area. According to Joshi, taking cognisance of this complaint, an FIR was lodged against the accused in the Ranipur Police Station. Police have arrested the main accused Amar Singh on Thursday while teams have been deployed to arrest the other accused Abhay. Critics point out that police are yet to solve the gang-rape cum murder case of a 12-year-old girl by unidentified persons in a sugarcane field, near Bhatta Colony under Pathri Police Station area on January 7. Two gang-rape cases within a month have exposed police claims of providing security to women of the district.