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Woman raped inside autorickshaw, driver arrested

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Press Trust of India Hisar (Hry)
An autorickshaw driver was arrested for allegedly raping a married woman along with his two accomplices inside his three-wheeler near the cantonment area here, police said today.

Nikhil (20), from Uttar Pradesh, was today presented in a court here, which sent him to judicial custody in the case of the gang rape of the woman on Monday night, they said.

The victim, in her police complaint, said that she boarded the autoricksaw around 8 pm on Monday and other passengers were also seated in it at the time.

The passengers got down near Satroad village and the driver then stopped theautorickshawbefore they reached the cantonment and raped her, she alleged.
 

Two accomplices of the accused also raped her and later dumped her near the gate of the cantonment and fled from the scene, she added.

Sub Inspector Mewa Devi said two other people involved in the incident would be arrested soon.

A case was lodged against the three under relevant provisions of the law, she said.

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First Published: Dec 06 2017 | 7:45 PM IST

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