A 25-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly repeatedly raped by a group of men, including her family priest, in Rajasthan’s Ajmer. The woman was confined for several days by the main accused Sanjay Sharma, who was also the family priest of the victim and used to perform pooja for her family. Sanjay Sharma is also accused of recording a video of the crime.
Sharma raped the woman for the first time when she was alone in the house and made an objectionable video of the woman. Later, he also extorted money from the victim on the basis of this video and then raped her again along with some people, Ajmer North Deputy Superintendent of Police, Chhavi Sharma said.
The accused had given some sedatives to the woman, DSP Sharma said, adding that she was unable to say how many people gangraped her.
The woman said in her complaint that she was forcibly confined by the accused for the past few days, and was gang-raped several times.
The priest had allegedly threatened the woman that he would kill her husband and child. He had also said he would make the video that he had taken of her viral.
When she did not return home for a few days, her husband, who had been searching for her, lodged a missing person complaint, after which the accused dropped her outside a police station on September 27.
An FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint on October 7, and the police are looking for the accused priest and his accomplices. The case is from the Civil Lines area of Ajmer.