KARAIKAL: On Christmas eve, 20-year-old girl was abducted by three men and raped by one of them in Karaikal in the Union territory of Puducherry. Within minutes after she was let off by them, another group of seven men abducted her and six of them took turns to rape her.
A 17-year-old boy known to Rani joined them when they went sight seeing. Rani complained of uneasiness and her boyfriend took them to a friend’s house in the town. Smitha suggested that they refresh themselves and return home soon. Smitha, working in a computer firm in Tamil Nadu, had accompanied her friend Rani to Karaikal to meet the latter’s boyfriendon December 24, Police said.
Smitha made desperate attempts to contact her friend, and the youth and the minor managed to locate her. When they were escorting her to a safe place, another gang of seven men assaulted the two and abducted her. After taking her to another secluded place, six of them took took turns to rape her.
Senior superintendent of police (Karaikal) Monika Bahardwaj, who took the statement from the victim, said police have launched a full-fledged investigation to ascertain the veracity of her claims. Sub-inspector Venkatachalapathy and head constable Sabapathy have been suspended for lapses in handling the incident.
Three of the arrested 10 people were the victim’s friends, who were booked on charges of not alerting police about the crime. The other arrested were identified as Irfan, Nasir, Amir, Akbar, Iqbal, Kasim and Yusuf. Police registered cases against 14 people under IPC sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 376 – 2 (g) (punishment for rape – commits rape during communal or sectarian violence), 202 (intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation).
Bureau Report
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