Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): The police in Chhattisgarh's Bastar intensified their search for several persons, who allegedly gang-raped a woman after picking her up from a fair late on Saturday night in the Mavlipadar area near Bastar's Darbha village. The victim, who had gone to see a drama at the fair, was picked up by miscreants after spotting her at a relatively empty spot, and they gang-raped her at a desolate area, informed Bastar Additional Superintendent of Police Nivedita Paul.
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The victim, upon gaining consciousness, went back home and apprised family members of the incident, who then lodged a complaint with the Darbha Police Station. Following this, a special team has been constituted, which launched a probe into the incident. Officials are inspecting the fair as well as the spot of crime, and checking the surrounding area, the ASP further added. The fair, which is organised in Bastar's Mavlipadar towards the end of February and early March every year, features events such as a drama competition, cock fights and other spectacles, drawing in massive crowd from villages in the area.
Meanwhile, a shocking incident came to light from Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada on Friday after a plumber employed with BPCL (Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited) took nude photos of a self-employed woman and raped her several times by threatening to leak the photos. The pictures were taken when the victim was bathing at her residence, the police said. The victim lodged a complaint after the accused attacked her when she sought a return of Rs 16 lakhs that he had extorted from her.
