CHANDIGARH: A 35-year-old woman returning home from work was raped by two persons, at a stone's throw from the Haryana Raj Bhavan, late on Wednesday night. One of the suspected rapists is a security guard at the official residence of Haryana Governor A R Kidwai.
Police arrested constable Dinesh Kumar and also picked up another cop, Vijender Singh, an accomplice in the crime. They were in hot pursuit of a third accomplice. Chandigarh Sector 3 police station’s SHO Ram Gopal said a medical examination of the victim confirmed rape.
The two cops have been suspended and sent to one-day police custody. The third man involved in the rape has been identified as Shitto. A resident of Rohtak, he was spending the night with a relative in Chandigarh, also a Haryana cop, the SHO said.
The woman, who worked with a catering firm, was returning home in an autorickshaw with a colleague when an inebriated Shitto stopped them and asked for light at a roundabout near the Raj Bhavan. He later turned abusive and mandhandled them, she said in a complaint lodged with the police.
As the auto driver fled from the spot, Shitto called his colleagues and together they dragged the woman to their official quarters inside the Haryana Armed Police company headquarters complex.
"I was kept inside a room where two persons (Dinesh and Shitto) raped me repeatedly. Somehow, I managed to break free and pleaded with Vijender to let me go," the victim said.
Vijender took her to her home in Phase VI of Mohali. Talking to TOI, R K Sharma, the general manager of catering firm, said he rushed to the spot after he was told about the incident and informed the police.
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