SONIPAT: In a horrifying crime carried out mere days after the Supreme Court sentenced the notorious 'Nirbhaya' rapists to death, a 23 year old girl was abducted, gang-raped and dumped. A passer-by noticed the body in the Urban Estate area of Rohtak. Her brutally mutilated body was bitten off by stray dogs.
The woman, learnt to be a divorcee, had been kidnapped from Sonipat on May 9 and taken to Rohtak in a car, police said. The victim's parents had lodged a missing complaint at the Sonipat police station. According to Sonipat police, sub-inspector, Ajay Malik, it appeared that the victim was raped first and then the suspects hit her with a brick, smashing her face.
She had grievous head injuries, the police added. "Two persons, Sumit and Vikas, have been arrested in this connection," Malik said adding that both were sent to two-day police remand by a court. Sumit, who was an acquaintance of the victim, had allegedly been pressuring her to marry him, police said. Both accused have been booked under relevant sections including 302 (murder) of IPC and investigations are on, a police official said.
The brutality of the crime is reminiscent of the 'Nirbhaya' incident in Delhi, which triggered nation-wide outrage. Following the incident, Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressed deep shock and outrage over the brutal incident. “This savage and bone-chilling incident has shocked the conscience of the nation, reminding each one of us about the crying need for revisiting the important issue of women's safety and security,” she said in a statement.
