A 22 - year - old nurse was gang-raped by the 4 men in Bengaluru

She was invited for dinner at a hotel on New BEL Road


Four swimming instructors from Gurugram near Delhi have been arrested for allegedly gang raping a 22 - year - old nurse, police said on Wednesday. 

 

According to Police, one of the accused befriended the woman on dating app and took her to a hotel on New BEL road and later invited her to his home, where she was gang-raped by four men, said officials of Sanjay Nagar police station. 

 

Rajath, Shiv Rana, Dev Saroha and Yogesh Kumar they all the four accused.

 

They were in their twenties and were from Gurugram in Haryana. They had come to Bengaluru three months ago for a training session and had rented a house in the city. 

 

The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault. 

 

According to the complaint, the incident occurs on March 24, after befriending the victim, Rajath invited her for dinner, following the dinner, and he invited her home. When they reached home, he had shared with three of his friends. Following these four men reportedly took turns and raped her. 

 

Following the incident, she sought help in the early hours of March 25 by calling her friends and was rescued after they turned up at the house. Then she filed a complaint with the Sanjay Nagar Police station later in a day. 

 

The accused were reportedly on the run after they learned to the police complaint and they were arrested from different parts of the Karnataka capital. Rajath was trying to flee the city and was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, while another accused was detained near Basavanagudi and the two others were detained near Chickpet. 

 

They have been produced before a magistrate and remanded to judicial custody. The woman has undergone a medical test, in which rape was established, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Vinayak Patil. 

 

 

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