Government Official's Daughter Gang-Raped In UP

3 accused have been arrested so far…

On Monday, a government official's 22-year-old daughter was allegedly raped by three men in a moving car, police said in an official statement. Police have arrested all three accused.

According to a police complaint filed by the woman, she visited the King George's Medical University (KGMU) Hospital's Psychiatry Department, where she had been undergoing treatment.

She sought the help of a tea vendor, Satyam Mishra. The girl used to visit his stall to charge her mobile phone.

Mr. Mishra took her to an ambulance parked nearby to charge her mobile phone. However, after some time, she found that the ambulance was gone and started looking for it with Mr. Mishra, police said, based on a complaint.

Mr. Mishra later took the woman to a dhaba in the Safedabad area of Barabanki in a car, in which the other two accused were also there. The three men forced her to have a drink laced with intoxicants and raped her in the car before dropping her off in the Indira Nagar area, they said.

Based on the woman's complaint, an FIR was registered at Wazirganj police station on Sunday under sections 376 (d) (gang rape), 342 (wrongful confinement), 328 (administering a drug with intent to cause hurt), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the three accused, police said.

The other two accused were identified as Suhail and Mohd. Aslam. Police have arrested the three accused, they said.

The car used in the crime, two mobile phones, and cash worth Rs. 19,830 have been recovered from the arrested accused. Further investigation is going on, they said.