Woman Held Captive, Raped For Two Days In Gurugram: Report

According to the complainant, the accused and the woman became friends and kept in touch even after the man relocated to a new place.

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A 20-year-old woman was allegedly held captive and repeatedly raped by her friend in Gurugram, news agency PTI reported on Thursday citing a police statement. 

According to the complaint filed by the woman, the accused, known as Rasdul, lived as a tenant in the woman's house.

According to the complainant, the accused and the woman became friends and continued in touch even after the man moved to another residence.

They claimed that on December 26, the man brought the woman to his room, held her captive, raped her repeatedly for two days, and threatened to murder her, as per the report. 

According to the police, the woman managed to release herself and tell her family about the event, following which they went to the police.

On Wednesday, an FIR was filed against the accused under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 342 (wrongful imprisonment), as per Inspector Rajender Kumar, SHO of Kherki Daula police station, according to the report. 

He stated that efforts are being made to arrest the accused.

Recently, a man seen on security camera footage last week snatching a four-year-old girl, raping her, and abandoning her near a park, was apprehended on Monday, as per media reports.

As per a report by NDTV, Anil Pathak, the accused, is being questioned, while the girl is reportedly struggling for her life in a hospital. On Wednesday, the crime was recorded in the Bhalswa Dairy area of outer-north Delhi. According to police, Anil Pathak kidnapped the girl, the daughter of daily wage labourers, from outside her house where she was playing, as per the report.

According to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) 'Crime in India 2021' report, rape cases increased by 19.34% last year compared to 2020. According to the NCRB data, 31,677 rape cases were registered in India in 2021, or around 87 rape cases every day on average. Rajasthan has the largest number of rape cases in the country, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

In the country, 4,28,278 crimes against women were reported. According to the data, overall offences against women increased by 13.2% in 2021 compared to the previous year. Rape, molestation, acid attack, cruelty by husband/his relatives, and domestic violence are examples of crimes against women.

The data also shows that in 96.5% of rape instances in India, the offender was known to the victim. Of the total 31,677 rape instances, 28,147, or approximately 89%, were perpetrated by friends (including internet friends), live-in partners (under the guise of marriage), separated husbands or family friends, employers, or other known individuals.