Gurugram: Class IX student alleges rape; accuses her female schoolmate of hatching plan

Sanjay Yadav
Gurugram, February 28

In a shocking incident, a Class IX student of a Delhi school was allegedly abducted, held captive in a hotel room and gang-raped by a Class XII and Class IX student.

She was allegedly led to the hotel by a girl schoolmate.

The incident came to light yesterday when the victim along with her family filed a police complaint. An FIR was registered and police nabbed the three accused, including the girl schoolmate.

The victim is still being treated in a hospital and the arrested accused are all students of private schools. The accused girl is a schoolmate of the victim who allegedly hatched the entire plan and lured her on pretext of visiting Connaught Place.

“One accused who is a Class XII student is a major while the girl and third accused students of Class IX of private schools are minors. One accused was produced in a city court today and sent into judicial custody while girl and another accused was produced in front of juvenile justice board and both were sent into correction home, Faridabad.

“The victim claims that the accused girl was behind the entire plan while we are investigating all angles,” said the investigating officer.

According to the complaint filed by the 15-year-old victim, the accused girl had met her some days ago at the house of another classmate. They then made a plan to visit Connaught Place.

“On February 26, when I along with my classmate and accused girl were on the way to Connaught Place, the accused girl called her two male friends there. We first reached the hotel, located near Molahera village where we were total six friends. The main accused Vikas booked room number 106 where he forcibly raped me. At that time the accused girl and her another friend were there while others had left the hotel.

“It was in late evening when I somehow fled the hotel and reached home. I was in trauma and finally told my family yesterday who rushed me to police station. My schoolmate girl is the main culprit,” the victim told police.

Following the complaint, an FIR has been registered against the three under sections 6, 17 of POCSO Act, sections 363 (abduction), 342 (wrongful confinement) of IPC at women police station west last late night and today three accused, including the girl, have been nabbed.

“Just after receiving the complaint, an FIR was registered under appropriate sections of IPC and POCSO Act and three accused were nabbed. Further investigation is going on,” said Poonam Dalal Dahiya, ACP, crime against women.

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