A 20-year-old deaf and mute Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four to five men in Rajasthan's Barmer district, police said on Friday. According to the news agency PTI, the incident happened on Thursday evening in the area under Dhorimanna police station limits when the woman had gone to graze goats, said the complaint filed by the family members.
The accused men, who were in a car, stopped the woman and allegedly raped her, it said. A case has been registered against unidentified men under sections of the Indian Penal Code, SHO (Dhorimanna) Sukhram Vishnoi said. The medical examination of the victim will be done on Friday, he said. CCTV footage is being scanned to trace the accused, he said, adding no arrest has been made so far.
Last week, a 19-year-old model was allegedly gang-raped in a car in Kerala's Kochi late on Thursday night. Three men and a woman were held in custody by Ernakulam Police. The victim had visited a pub near Cochin Shipyard and she was drunk. The accused offered to drop her home and she was allegedly gang-raped on the way.
The victim is undergoing treatment at Kalamassery Medical College. "Medical evidence suggests that she was injured. After committing the crime, the men dropped the victim at Kakkanad," a senior police official told PTI.
The matter came to the fore when it was reported to the police by a private hospital, where the victim was admitted by her roommate. "There are 4 accused in this case, we have arrested 3 men & 1 woman and have booked the u/s 370 of IPC. The accused woman is friends with the victim who helped other accused. We're awaiting medical reports to know if any drugs were given to the victim," CH Nagaraju, CP, Kochi City told ANI.
A court in Kerala's Ernakulam on Tuesday sent four accused in the alleged gang-rape of a model to five days of police custody. The 19-year-old model was raped inside a moving car in Kochi on November 17. Three men and one woman were sent to police custody by the First Class Judicial Magistrate court on Tuesday.
The custody application submitted in the court by Ernakulam South Police has alleged that the accused rendered the victim unconscious by giving her liquor. According to the plea, she was raped inside the car and also in the parking area of the hotel where she attended a DJ party that night. It also alleged that Dimple, the woman accused, who is also the friend of the victim aided the other three accused in the rape. In the custody application, the police mentioned that the incident was brutal.
Vivek Sudhakaran (26), Nidhin Meghanadan (35), TR Sudeep (34), natives of Kodungallur in Thrissur district, and Dimple Lamba alias Dolly (21), the Rajasthani woman are the accused in this case. Earlier the court sent them to 14 days of judicial custody.
(With agencies' Inputs)