A 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three, including a constable in a banquet hall located on Old Delhi-Gurugram road on Saturday evening. Police have managed to arrest one of the accused on Monday while two other accused are on the run.
According to police, the victim informed the control room about the incident and a PCR van, headed by a woman officer, reached there. Based on the woman’s statement, we have registered an FIR under IPC sections of 376 D and 506 at the Palam Vihar police station. Also, an accused Ashu has been arrested,” said Subhash Bokan, PRO of the Gurugram Police.
The victim, a native of the Rewari district has been living in the Rajiv Chowk area of the city.
The woman in her complaint stated to the police that constable Ishaan Yadav was known to her. On Saturday, Yadav called her up around 5.30 pm and allegedly asked her for a long drive.
“Yadav was waiting for me near my house. When I reached the car, there were two other men Ashu and Manoj Sarpanch, Yadav’s friends, seated in the rear seat and drinking. On this, she refused to go with them. But when Yadav assured her, she sat on the rear seat with him,” she told the police.
After travelling some distance, they started consuming liquor in the car, the victim alleged. Yadav allegedly drove the car towards banquet hall on Old Delhi-Gurugram road near the Maruti plant. They continued to drink and also forced her to consume liquor, which she denied, she alleged.
“During this, they started molesting me. When I objected, at the banquet hall, first Ishaan molested me and then Ashu took me inside a room and raped me, later Ishaan and Manoj also molested me,” she claimed in the FIR.
When I started shouting, the trio thrashed me and also threatened to kill me. I somehow managed to escape from there and reach my home near Rajiv Chowk,” she said.
A medical test of the woman confirmed rape. “An FIR was registered under Section at Palam Vihar police station and action will be taken as per the law. Further probe into the matter is underway and the probe team on their task to catch the rest culprits,” Boken said.
Also, the Gurugram district on Monday reported 13 more coronavirus cases.
The city now has 284 positive cases, including 118 still admitted in different hospitals. As many as 166 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals.