Married woman alleges gang rape

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 5

A married woman has accused two persons of raping her. The police have booked the suspects identified as Parbatpal Singh of Jandiala Guru and his accomplice Sherry in this regard while no arrest has been made so far.

A resident of the same area, the victim stated to the police that she came into contact with the prime accused Parbatpal Singh while she was getting coaching for clearing ILETS in 2011. She said he also used to attend the classes there. She said during the period, the accused developed illicit relations with her. She alleged that in 2013, her husband went abroad and after this, Parbatpal starting blackmailing her to disclose their relationship to her family.

She said on February 3, at around 11 pm, he entered the house and forcibly took her to a tube well room in his fields. She alleged that his friend Sherry also reached there and they started consuming liquor. She said later they broke the empty bottle and forced her to enter into physical relations with them. She alleged that they took turns to rape her. In the morning, they dumped her on the Verowal road. She said she somehow reached her home and narrated her tale of woe to her relatives and lodged a complaint with the Jandiala police.

Sub-Inspector Balwinder Kaur, the investigating officer, said a case under Sections 376 and 506, IPC, had been registered against the suspects and raids were being conducted to arrest them. She said the accused were missing since the registration of the case.