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Woman alleges she was threatened with rape by locals near Har lake

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
A woman has complained to the police here that she was threatened with rape and six of her friends were roughed up by locals near Bhardwaj Lake in Asola, the police said today.

In her complaint to Vasant Kunj (North) police station, the woman, who claims to be a JNU student, also said that some Haryana Police officials had questioned her character and made her write an apology letter, they said.

The complainant had gone to Surajkund with six of her friends on August 15. While she was on a motorcycle with two of her friends, an inebriated man asked them to stop, she said in her complaint.
 

The man questioned them why they were roaming in the area till late in the night and raised aspersions on the woman's character, the police said, adding the man then allegedly called his father and brother, and assaulted the woman and her friends.

They also took her to a shed nearby where they threatened to rape her. In the mean time, the woman's other friends arrived there and rescued her and her two friends, the police said.

The woman in her complaint said that she approached some Haryana police personnel who were there but they also raised doubts on her and took her to a police station and made her write an apology letter, they said.

The police here have registered a zero FIR and the matter has been forwarded to Faridabad police, a police official said.

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First Published: Aug 17 2017 | 11:07 PM IST

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