Woman gang-raped in Rajasthan school during night halt amid lockdown

A 40-year-old woman walking on foot from Sawai Madhopur to Jaipur during the nationwide lockdown was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a school where she had decided to spend the night, police said on Sunday.

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The woman said in her police complaint that she decided to walk down to her Jaipur home after she was stuck in Sawai Madhopur for about a month, police told IANS.

On Thursday evening, she decided to halt at the school en route as it was getting dark and she was tired.

The three suspects are residents of a nearby village, police said.

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DSP Parth Sarma said: "A case was registered against the three after the woman lodged a complaint on Friday. Accused Rishikesh Meena, Lakhan Regar, and Kamal Kharwal were arrested and presented in a court."

The three accused have since been sent in judicial custody.
 


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