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Nepali woman gang raped in New Delhi
A New Delhi-based Nepali woman was gang-raped in the Indian Capital on Sunday, reported Hindustan Times.A New Delhi-based Nepali woman was gang-raped in the Indian Capital on Sunday, reported Hindustan Times.
According to Hindustan Times, the five BPO employees who committed the heinous crime in a rented flat at Pandav Nagar in Indian capital have been arrested and sent behind bars.
The Indian police are yet to locate another suspect named Kundan, who was earlier identified as Vikas, was a common link between the woman and the five men. He allegedly had taken the victim to the flat.
The five men, identified as Naveen Kumar, Prateek Kumar, Vikas Mehra, Sarvjeet and Lakshya, were arrested from the crime scene, the report read.
They were booked under sections 376D (gang rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 377 (unnatural sex), 506 (criminal intimidation), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code. The FIR was registered at the Pandav Nagar police station,” Omvir Singh, DCP (East) told Hindustan Times. He said two of the accused had known the woman for past few weeks.
The police have recovered a CCTV camera footage that shows the victim jumping off the first floor and asking passers-by for help.
In the 17-second video clip, the woman is seen walking without clothes as some passers-by stand and watch. The footage shows two men standing outside a building and looking towards the first floor balcony. The woman is then seen jumping from the building and landing on the stairs. One of the men helps her stand on her feet while the other man walks across the road. The woman is then seen seeking help from a passer-by. The video clip shows two cars halting for a few seconds and leaving without offering any help. The woman then stops an auto rickshaw and leaves, stated the report.
As per the news report, one of the two men called the police control room after which the police caught up with the auto rickshaw soon after it had left. The police said that by then, a woman in the neighbourhood had given the victim some clothes.
The victim is currently receiving medical treatment at Delhi-based Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital for injuries in her legs because of the fall.
The Hindustan Times further reported that the victim, in her statement, has accused the five BPO employees of allegedly thrashing and confining her in their flat, forcing her to consume alcohol and then taking turns to rape her. Police said the woman had jumped off the building to escape the torture.
Quoting a senior police officer, the news report states that the victim lived with her two children in south Delhi’s Munirka area. In her statement, she told police that she knew Kundan for past few months. On Saturday night, Kundan met her in Munirka and asked her to accompany him to his friend’s for a party.
Further, the news report states that the victim managed to reach the balcony and jumped around 5.30 am.
The victim’s statement has been recorded before a local magistrate. The men were produced before a city court that sent them to jail.




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