A 21-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three men when she had gone to the Bopdev Ghat area, Pune, along with her friend on Thursday night.
An incident was reported under the Kondhwa Police Station jurisdiction. According to the police cited by PTI, the victim and her male friend had travelled to the locality when the incident occurred.
“A 21-year-old girl and her friend had gone to the Bopdev Ghat area last night, where she was raped by three unknown accused around 11 pm. The incident was reported to police at around 5 am. Search for the accused is going on,” Joint CP Ranjan Kumar Sharma told ANI.
“While she was with friends, three unknown people came to them and beat them…Later they gang-raped the woman…Friends were tied with a cloth while the accused were raping the girl…The girl is in the hospital…She is under treatment…She is conscious…We are in the process of taking the statement of the girl. More than 10 teams deployed for the search of the accused,” Sharma added.
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Ten teams of the Crime Branch and Detection Branch have been deputed for searching and arrest of the accused. Detailed information will be shared in due course, police said.
NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar commented on the situation and said, “The government started the Ladki Behan Yojana to help women. Women are benefiting from this. On one hand, there is the Ladki Behan Yojana and on the other hand, there are atrocities on women. On one hand, there is an attempt to provide financial assistance to women through the Ladki Behan Yojana and on the other hand, there is a lot of anger among the people due to the increasing atrocities on women.”
(With inputs from agencies)