In a sensational case, a 25-year-old woman has lodged a complaint with the Hyderabad police, implies that she was sexually assaulted by 143 people since 2010. The woman, a native of Nalgonda district living in Hyderabad, lodged the complaint at the Punjagutta police station.
She named people with a political background, student leaders, people from films, media, and other walks of life as the accused. Those accused also include a few women. In addition to 139 people named in the complaint, she alleged that four others whom she does not remember also raped her.
The woman, residing in the Somajiguda area in Hyderabad, stated in her complaint that three months after her marriage in 2009 her husband, in-laws and other relatives started harassing and assaulting her. She proclaimed that they sexually harassed and assaulted her for nine months. After that, She filed divorce and got split in December 2010. She decided to go to her maternal home and got admission into college for higher studies.
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She alleged that the accused sexually exploited her multiple times. She said they abused her in the name of caste, filmed her while sexually assaulting her and threatened to upload the videos and pictures on social media.
The police registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rape, insulting the modesty of a woman, assault or use of criminal force and sexual harassment. The police have also invoked the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. "We will investigate the complaint and then decide the next course of action," said police sub-inspector D. Nagraju