2 Trainee Army Officers From Mhow War College Attacked, Woman Friend Gangraped

Two trainee army officers were attacked by armed miscreants while one of their woman friend was gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district after which two accused were arrested.

Two young army trainee officers and their women friends were attacked by armed miscreants on Wednesday in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district. The attackers, who initially came with an apparent intention of looting assaulted the trainee officers and gang-raped one of the women. 

Two accused have been arrested in connection with the case one of whom has been found to have a prior criminal record, reported NDTV. 

The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon when the officers, undergoing training at Mhow Army College had gone out with the women for a picnic near the firing range at Chhoti Jam area in Indore. All of a sudden, eight men brandishing pistols, knives, and sticks surrounded the officers and their women friends. 

The miscreants thrashed the trainee officers and the women before robbing them of their money and belongings. 

The situation intensified when the miscreants took one woman hostage and sent the officers and the other woman to get a ransom of Rs 10 lakh. The officer hurried back to his unit in panic and informed his commanding officer, who promptly alerted the police. 

Officers from Dial-100 and military personnel reached the spot but the attackers fled the scene upon seeing the approaching vehicles. The officers and the women were taken for medical examination and doctors said both the officers had been injured. 

The medical examination also confirmed that one of the women was raped, said Lokendra Singh Hirore, in-charge of the Badgonda police station, reported PTI. 

A case has been booked under BNS sections pertaining to loot, dacoity, rape and under the Arms Act has been registered, said Indore Rural SP Hitika Vasal. The other criminals involved in the incident are also being tracked, he added.