Husband of rape victim cross-examined

A woman's husband, who was allegedly raped during the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013, was cross-examined Friday, an official said.

The woman had alleged that she was raped by three men -- Kuldeep, Maheshveer and Sikandar -- at gunpoint in Lank village on September 8, 2013, during the riots, the official said.

In the complaint, she said the accused men raped her while she hid from the rioters in a sugarcane field and threatened to kill her if she opposed them, police said.

A special investigation team had filed a charge sheet against the accused under Sections 376-D (gang rape) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, they said.

 

Fast-track court judge Poonam Rajput adjourned the hearing for July 22 for further cross-examination.