Three Held Over Gangrape Of Odisha Woman In Delhi, Victim Undergoing Treatment At AIIMS

A woman was gangraped around a month back in Delhi and the accused were arrested today. The victim is presently undergoing psychiatric treatment at AIIMS.

New Delhi:Three men were arrested in connection with the gangrape of a woman from Odisha in Delhi on the intervening night of October 10 and 11.

The incident took place a few metres away from the old headquarters of Delhi Police. The victim, a social worker and researcher at ITO, was dumped at Sarai Kalekhan area after being sexually assaulted. The accused were nabbed after examining the CCTV cameras, police said.

The police believe that an auto driver took the victim to the Gandhi Smriti service road near Rajghat and raped her along with two others.

A Navy officer saw the victim at Sarai Kalekhan and informed police. Delhi Police officials said that if the Navy officer had not informed them on time then it would have become difficult to save her. The incident had left the victim severely injured and traumatised.

The woman was admitted to AIIMS, where she underwent a surgery and is currently being treated at the Psychiatric Department of AIIMS.

South-East District Deputy Commissioner of Police Ravi Kumar Singh said that three accused were arrested and the auto was recovered. In order to learn about the incident, a woman constable, posing as a social worker, spoke to the victim and the latter narrated the torture she underwent.

Finally, police arrested Prabhu, auto driver, Pramod, worker at a junk shop and Shamshul Lagada. The victim's blood-stained clothes were recovered from the service road near Gandhi Smriti, police added.

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