5 rapes in 8 days shock Rewari

Tribune News Service

Rewari, January 29

Tall claims of the state police to check the rising crime against women has fallen flat in Rewari district after five cases of rape were reported during the last week.

A spurt in rape cases has not only put the local police in the dock, but also raised questions over the safety and security of women. In a latest case of crime against women, a 19-year-old nurse was allegedly gang-raped by a doctor and his three friends in the Gobind Puri locality here.

The police arrested Dr Sat Narayan alias Kochar today, after booking a case of rape and criminal intimidation against him on the victim’s complaint. As per the victim, the accused had given her a job at his hospital located on the Jhajjar road in Rewari after taking her academic documents. Though she left the job after 15 days, the doctor refused to return her documents.

“The victim called Sat Narayan on January 25 to get her documents back. The accused took her to his house at Gobind Puri in his car on pretext of returning the documents. At the doctor’s house three friends and the doctor raped the victim,” said investigative officer Sunita Devi.

She maintained the accused left the victim at Bawal town next day and threatened her of dire consequence if she filed a complaint. Later, the victim somehow reached Rewari and approached the police, to lodge her complaint. Earlier, four separate incidents of rape were reported between January 21-25, in two of the cases, minors were targeted by rapists.

Meanwhile, Savita Kumari, a social activist, expressed concern over the rising cases of rape in Rewari and demanded the police to take vital steps for ensuring the safety and security of women.

Man rapes step-daughter

Gurgaon: The police on Thursday arrested a man on the charge of raping his teenaged step-daughter for more than three years. The crime came to light when the victim (13) was admitted to ESIC Hospital. It was here that she confided in another patient about her ordeal. The co-patient reported the matter to the police. “The victim told another patient that her mother had left her father three years ago. After that, the mother started living with Aftab Alam (42) from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The girl alleged that he had been raping her since and the frequency of sexual harassment had increased in the past six months, deteriorating her health,” the police said. The victim told the police that she had told her mother about sexual harassment, but she never believed her. The victim’s medical examination confirmed rape, following which her statement was recorded in front of a magistrate. — TNS

Crime against women

• Jan 21: Minor raped by neighbour in South City
• Jan 23: Eight-year-old raped in Dhaaruhera
• Jan 24: Woman raped by father-in-law at Yadav Nagar
• Jan 25: Woman raped at Golden Vila
• Jan 28: Doctor rapes nurse