New Delhi: A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three men including an autorickshaw driver in Central Delhi’s ITO area, police said on Sunday. The autorickshaw driver has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the gang rape.
The woman, who hails from Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, in her statement to the police had alleged that she was raped by the autorickshaw driver and three others near ITO after she boarded the vehicle from the Khajuri Khas area in northeast Delhi on Saturday morning.
The woman has complained that she was taken to a room near ITO-Yamuna bridge where she was gang-raped, a police officer said. Based on the woman’s complaint at the IP Estate police station, a case of gang rape was registered and her medical examination was also conducted, the officer said.
During interrogation, the autorickshaw driver claimed that he had only called one of his friends but the woman alleged that there were two more men there, he said.
The woman is stated to be stable. Raids are being conducted to arrest the absconding accused, police said.
(PTI)