SONIPAT: In yet another blot on Haryana's image, a class XI student was gangraped by four youths in a busy market area at Gohana in Sonipat district on Thursday. Two of them —Kali and Harish — have been arrested.
According to police, the girl, a student of a private school, was raped in the godown of a shop on Thursday afternoon but her uncle filed the complaint only on Friday.
According to the complaint, the girl had gone to the shop, just 100 metres away from her house, to buy grocery when the shop owner Kali told her to go to the nearby godown to pick up certain items.
Three youths were waiting in the godown while Kali followed her there. Once she entered the godown, the four youths closed the door from inside and took turns to rape her. The youths also threatened her of dire consequences if she revealed the trauma she had undergone to anybody.
When the girl, who lost her father a few years ago, returned home, her mother, who is a housewife, asked her why she was so late. She started weeping and revealed the incident. The family did not report the matter to the police on Thursday. The next day, they decided to approach the cops and named Kali, Harish, Santy and Deepak in the complaint.
DSP Gohana Yashpal Singh confirmed the incident. SHO Rajiv Singh said the police have registered a case and started investigations. He said all the four accused are residents of the market area.
"The accused are in their early 20s and have been working at the grocery shop. They are all local residents and seem to be known to the victim," he said, adding that the police have launched a manhunt.
SSP Sonipat Arun Singh did not respond to calls. This is the third gang rape in Haryana in 20 days, triggering a wave of protests in the state demanding action against the culprits.
On September 9, a dalit girl was gang-raped by eight youths near Dabra village in Hisar district and four others had filmed the act. Three accused in the case are still at large.
In Jind district, a 30-year-old woman was gang-raped by three youths at her house at Pillu Khera on September 21. The main accused in the case is still absconding.Link: Another gang rape in Haryana
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