Faridabad gang rape: How clash with mother led to night of horror for Gurgaon woman
A 25-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped and assaulted in a moving van after accepting a lift late Monday night in Gurgaon. She was reportedly held captive for hours and then thrown out on the Gurgaon-Faridabad road with severe facial injuries. Police have registered an FIR and detained two suspects, seizing the vehicle.
GURGAON: A 25-year-old woman, who left her home after a heated argument with her mother over a personal matter and had informed her sister that she was going to a friend’s place, was allegedly gang-raped and brutally assaulted inside a moving van before being thrown out on the Gurgaon–Faridabad road.
The attack left her with severe facial injuries, requiring 12 stitches. She left the house on Monday night at around 8:30 pm.According to police, the woman had initially planned to return home within a few hours but got delayed. By midnight, with no public transport available, she accepted a lift in a van occupied by two men. Instead of taking her home, the vehicle was allegedly driven towards isolated stretches on the Gurgaon–Faridabad road, beyond the Hanuman temple, as dense fog covered the area.The woman was held captive inside the van for nearly three hours, police said. Despite her repeated cries for help, the sparse traffic and the cold, foggy conditions meant that no one came to her aid. The victim’s family alleged that the two men took turns raping her during the ordeal. Around 3 am on Tuesday, she was reportedly pushed out of the moving van near Mula Hotel at Raja Chowk in SGM Nagar.The woman managed to call her sister, who reached the spot and took her to Badshah Khan Civil Hospital.
Given the seriousness of her injuries, the doctors advised that the woman be taken to Delhi, but the family admitted her to a private hospital in Faridabad.Police said the woman was driven around through the night and was thrown out of the vehicle, which was moving at a speed of over 90 kmph, near Raja Chowk at around 3 am, according to a PTI report.Following a complaint filed by the woman’s family at Kotwali police station, authorities registered an FIR.Police have also arrested two men in connection with the alleged gang rape, and the van used in the crime, a Maruti Suzuki Eeco, has been seized.Police confirmed that the woman had been held against her will as the van traversed deserted stretches of Faridabad.(With agency inputs)