Woman gangraped, friend assaulted

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A Delhi-based woman was allegedly gangraped and her male friend assaulted by two police constables and their three friends here on the outskirts of the national capital.
Four of the accused, including the two PAC constables, have been arrested for the incident that took place on Friday, and the PAC jeep used by them has also been seized, SP (City) Yogesh Singh said, adding that hunt is on to nab the fifth accused.
The 25-year-old woman was with her property dealer friend in the B-Block of Sector-105 area on Friday night when the five men came in the jeep, assaulted him and raped the woman, Mr Singh said.
They also took away the victim’s mobile phone and ATM card, which they used to buy fuel for their jeep, he said.
The woman, a resident of Old Shahdara in Delhi, said in her complaint that she had come to meet her friend. “The woman said that between 7 and 8 pm, five men, including the two PAC constables entered their room, overpowered her friend and then raped her,” a police officer said.
“On getting information about the rape, the police swung into action and arrested four of the accused. Two of them were identified as PAC head constable Banshi Ram Sharma and constable Subhash. Other two accused were Arun Kumar and Bunty, their friends. One Jeetu is absconding,” the SP (City) said.
PAC 49 battalion circle officer’s jeep, which was used by the accused, has been seized, he said.
A case under Sections 376 (rape), 392 (robbery), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 334 (voluntarily causing hurt on provocation) of the IPC has been registered at Noida’s Sector 39 police station, and further investigations are on in the case, the police said.