Hair salon owner from Yamunanagar gets 10 yrs jail for rape

Tribune News Service

Yamunanagar, August 25

A Jagadhri district court today awarded 10-year jail to the owner of a hair salon for raping a woman.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 12,000 on the convict, Rahul, a resident of Gadhauli village in Yamunanagar.

On the complaint of the victim, a case was registered against Rahul under Sections 376, 328 and 506 of the IPC at Sadar police station, Jagadhri, on November 5, 2019.

The complainant alleged that Rahul, who ran a hair salon near her house in her village, used to come to their house on various pretexts for about eight to nine months.

“One day when I was alone in the house, he gave me a chocolate mixed with some sedative and raped me,” the victim said, adding that Rahul threatened her that he would upload her MMS on social media if she told anyone about the crime.

Labourer thrashed, dies

A labourer died during treatment on Tuesday after he was allegedly beaten by his colleagues in a plywood factory in Kisanpura Majra village, Yamunanagar, where he worked.

The deceased has been identified as Ravinder Rawat, a resident of Bihar, who was at present living in Damla village of Yamunangar.

The complainant, Vikku, a relative of the deceased, said that on the night of August 21, labourer contractors Vijay Kumar and Jai Kumar, and some other persons attacked his uncle with sticks and iron rods over the issue of quality of glue.

A case has been registered against the contractors and unknown persons under Sections 148, 149, 302, 323, 308 and 506 of the IPC at Sadar police station, Yamunanagar.