Haryana: 19-year-old CBSE topper gang-raped in Rewari, accused still at large

The accused later left her near a bus stop in Kanina.

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Rewari (Haryana): In a shocking incident,a 19-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by a group of men at Kanina in Haryana's Mahendergarh district. She was allegedly kidnapped on Wednesday by the accused who arrived in a car and took her to a secluded place where she was gangraped after being offered a drink laced with sedatives. The accused later left her near a bus stop in Kanina. According to an official of Women Police station, Rewari, a 'zero FIR' was lodged on the complaint of the woman, and the probe was being conducted by the Mahendergarh police as the incident occurred in the area under their jurisdiction. The woman, who hails from a village here, is said to be brilliant in academics and has been a CBSE topper in the past and was awarded by the President of India. Zero FIR can be filed in any police station, irrespective of place of incident or jurisdiction and the same can be later transferred to the concerned Police Station. The accused are still at large. The cops have filed a case and are trying to nab the accused. On being asked about the case, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said the "law will take its own course and the guilty will be punished."

As per victim, she was picked up by 2 boys belonging to her village. They took her to a nearby place, gave her a drink after which she couldn't regain her consciousness. When she got up, she saw there was 1 more boy:AS Chawla, ADGP Operations #Haryana,on Rewari gang-rape incident pic.twitter.com/1GuFxmbwMO

— ANI (@ANI) September 14, 2018

Reports say when the victim's family when went to file an FIR it was asked by police officials to go to the other police station as their station did not fall under the jurisdiction where the scene of crime took place. "Modi ji says 'Beti Padho, Beti Bacho', but how? I want justice for my daughter. Police has taken no action yet," the victim's mother said. Police officials who are a part of the investigations are "hoping"to nab the accused by Friday night. Condemning the incident and criticizing the Haryana government for not being able to prevent crimes against women, Congres spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi posted on Twitter, "Under the anti woman CM ML Khattar Haryana’s women continue to face brutalities. This is such a shame for us as a nation. This is not what Haryana deserves or what it needs." (agency inputs)