3 Women Labourers Gangraped In Front Of Family Members Tied With Ropes In Haryana: Cops

Four unidentified men armed with sharp-edged weapons allegedly raped three women in Haryana's Panipat after tying the family members with ropes.

Three women were allegedly raped by four unidentified men in front of their family members in Haryana's Panipat, police said on Thursday, as reported by the news agency PTI. According to the police, the incident occurred late Wednesday. The accused were armed with knives and other sharp-edged weapons.

The four men barged into the house where the families lived and used ropes to tie the family members of the three women labourers before raping them, as reported by PTI. The accused also robbed their cash and jewellery, police said.

In a separate incident that also took place late Wednesday night, about a km from the spot where the gang rape happened, an ailing woman died after being attacked while her husband was robbed, PTI reported, citing police.

According to PTI, police suspect the involvement of the same people in the second incident, as the assailants forced their way into the couple's house and physically assaulted them. They also robbed the man of some cash and his mobile phone. Station House Officer of Matlauda police station in Panipat, Vijay, said both incidents took place in the same village. "A probe is underway... No arrests have been made so far," he said, as quoted by PTI.

2 Held For Raping Teen Girl In Moving Taxi In Mumbai

Mumbai Police have registered a case against two people who kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old girl in a moving taxi, as reported by the news agency ANI. The police said the victim girl had a fight with her family members and decided to go to Malvani in Malad to meet her relative.

After seeing her alone, a taxi driver asked to drop her off at Malwani, following which the victim girl started going with him towards Malwani. The accused taxi driver took a taxi to Dadar, where he made accused Salman Shaikh sit with him and started moving ahead, as reported by ANI.

Meanwhile, after receiving information about the girl's disappearance, the family members of the victim girl contacted the Malabar Hill Police Station and informed them about the kidnapping.

A case was registered as she was underage. Police started a technical investigation and found that the girl had gone to a relative's place in the Malad area, as reported by ANI. A team was sent there to bring back the girl, and we started investigating as soon as we got the news that she was missing. However, the situation became serious when the girl revealed what had happened to her while on her way to Malad, police said.