Saturday, July 30, 2011

Jul 30, 2011: Dalit woman raped, one arrested

Lalit Kumar, TNN | Jul 30, 2011, 09.38PM IST
GHAZIABAD: A 20-year-old Dalit woman was raped in Bahadurgarh on Saturday. Cops have arrested the rapist, identified as one Kalua of Badarkha village, and are looking for one Shahid, who had also tried to rapeher. The woman had a tiff with her family and left home for Hapur on Friday in a fit of anger. She spent the night at the railway station. On Saturday morning, she took a bus back to Garhmukteshwar, her hometown.

"She met Shahid on the way, who offered her a lift back home on his motorcycle. Shahid took her to Badarkha village and tried to rape her in the fields," said a cop. Kalua saw them and chased Shahid away. But he himself forced himself upon her. The woman somehow managed to reach the Bahadurgarh police station where she filed a report, cops said. Kalua was arrested, while hunt for Shahid is on. A case of rape and attempted rape has been filed and the two accused have been booked under the SC/ST Act.

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