A 35-year old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons on Monday night in the Vikasnagar area of Dehradun district. On the pretext of drinking water, the accused men had entered the home of the woman victim at 10.30 pm on Monday and gang raped her. All the accused men are in the age group of 20-22 years and have confessed to their crime after being arrested by the police. All the rape accused are daily wagers. The police arrested them and later they were sent to jail after being presented in the court on Tuesday, said Vikasnagar circle officer Swapan Kishor Singh.
The police officer said that the woman victim reached the police station about two hours after Monday midnight and informed the police about the gang rape by three men. Taking cognisance of this, a case under Section 376(a) was registered against three persons in the Vikasnagar Police Station. Acting on this case, a police team formed to search for the accused rapists. All the accused were arrested by the police and the sent to jail, he added.