Woman Gang-Raped By Auto-Rickshaw Driver, 3 Others In Delhi’s ITO; 1 Arrested
Mumbai: An auto-rickshaw driver has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a 27-year-old woman in Delhi’s ITO, police said.
The 27-year-old woman, in her statement to the police, had alleged that the autorickshaw driver and three others raped her near the ITO after she boarded a vehicle from Khajuri Khas area of North East Delhi for Kashmere Gate on Saturday morning.
The woman told the police that the driver dropped her off at Kashmere Gate. According to the police, the victim is a resident of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and had come to Delhi for some work.
A police officer said the woman complained that she was taken to a room near the ITO-Yamuna bridge where she was gang-raped.
During interrogation, the autorickshaw driver claimed that he had called only one of his friends, but the woman alleged that there were two more men.
Based on the complaint of the woman, a case of gang rape was registered at the IP Estate police station and her medicine was also checked, the official said.
The woman is said to be stable. Police said that raids are being conducted to arrest the absconding accused.
(With PTI Inputs)
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