Himachal Pradesh: Woman gang-raped by seven men who had offered her lift
A 32-year-old woman was gang-raped by seven men who had offered her a lift on their car in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra on Thursday. She was later taken to a hotel in Mcleodganj and raped again.
A case has been lodged at Gagal police station in line with a complaint filed by the victim.
The victim has told the police that she was waiting for a bus at the Banoi area. The accused group of men gave her lift and possibly took her to a poultry farm in Salol where she was gang-raped.
According to Police the victim was taken from the farm to a hotel in Mcleodganj where the accused took turns to rape her again.
Taking action on the complaint filed, Kangra Police has taken all the seven accused into custody who belonged to a nearby village.
"We have arrested all the accused and they are being produced in the court today. The woman has been medically examined and reports are awaited," DSP Kangra Sunil Rana said.
Police have also taken the hotel owner into custody in Mcleodgunj where the women was taken.
Accordig to police officials the victim is married and a mother of three children. She is living separately from her husband for the last five years.
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