In a blood-boiling incident, a 24-year-old female student from Odisha was gang-raped by three men dressed like Nihangs in Jalandhar, Punjab. The victim girl is said to be a student of Lovely Professional University. Police of Thana Patara have arrested 3 accused. The victim student had gone out for a walk with her friends at night.
The accused reportedly threatened the student's friends and drove them away. They said that they would drop the girl at her home. The accused took the victim on their bike from the Thana Patara area to a deserted place and raped her. Thereafter, the accused fled from the spot leaving the victim behind.
As per reports, the 24-year-old girl had come to study at Lovely Professional University. She is originally from Odisha. On Monday night, she had come with her 2 friends to eat at the food court late at night near Dhilwan Gate.
During this time, three students were also with her. It was around 1 o'clock in the night. During this time, three youths arrived on a bike. Two of the accused were wearing Nihang attire and had a dagger in their hand. As soon as the accused arrived, they started asking the girl's friend where they were taking the girl alone. The accused intimidated the girl's companions and asked them to back off.
After this, the two bike riders forcibly made the girl sit with them and said that they would drop the girl home themselves. From there, the accused took the girl with them and raped her after finding a deserted place near the gate. After the rape, the accused left the girl there and fled.
After the heinous crime, the victim called her friend and narrated the entire ordeal. The victim was then taken to a hospital and the police of Patara police station were informed about the matter. The police arrested about 3 accused by morning.
According to the information received, the victim girl and all her students are BBA students. Patara police reportedly said that the police will soon present the three accused in the court and take them on remand to interrogate them.
As per the Police, one of the arrested accused works in a government water treatment plant. The second accused is a DAP student and the third accused runs an electrical goods shop. All the accused were taken for medical checkup at the Civil Hospital.