rape

TNN Dec 8, 2012, IST

BHOPAL: A pregnant dalit woman was gang-raped by three persons in the old city area. The incident took place on December 4, but a case in this regard was registered late on Thursday.

The 22-year-old victim was returning to her in-laws place when three persons took her to a deserted area near a water tank in Ibrahimganj and raped.

Initially, the victim could not muster the courage to reveal it to anyone but when her mother-in-law pressurized, she narrated the incident after which a case was registered with the police.

The accused in the case have been identified as Majnu Gupta, Rohit and Phaddu Chouhan.

Officials said victim’s mother resides in Karond. She along with her mother was going back to her in-laws place when Majnu, who resides in the same locality, told her mother that he would drop the victim to her in-laws place in Ibrahumganj.

He took the woman in an ape auto with him and two more persons joined the accused after some distance. The trio took the woman near an overhead water tank and outraged her modesty.

The police said Majnu and Rohit took turns to rape the woman while Phaddu was holding her hands so that she could not resist.

Victim later went back home and remained quiet for two days. However, when her mother-in-law pressurized her, she revealed the incident.

The police confirmed that victim has a kid and is expecting again. Since she is a dalit, the case is being transferred to the AJK police wing, the police added.

Senior officials claimed that one of the accused was known to the victim and she had once given an application to police that he tried to exploit her in the past.