A 35-year-old woman, who was lured on the pretext of providing a job, was allegedly raped by two men inside a car in northeast Delhi’s Shastri Park area. Police said that they have arrested the accused, who are residents of Surajpur in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida. According to a senior police official, the woman was brought to the city on August 16 by the men on the pretext of providing her a job. She reported the incident to the police and based on her complaint, the two men were arrested on the same day.
“The victim’s statement has been recorded and she has undergone medical examination as well as counseling,” said a senior police official. “Based on the woman’s complaint and her medical examination report, a case has been registered under Sections 376 D (gangrape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and investigation was taken up,” he said. “During inquiry, the woman named one of the accused and gave police the registration number of the car. On the basis of the car’s registration number, a police team traced the men and arrested them.”