Minor picked up from Delhi, raped in Gurgaon

A minor girl begging outside Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in Delhi was picked up by six drivers of a Gurgaon-based travel agency on Friday night and gangraped.

Police arrested four of the accused on Saturday after the victim managed to escape from the travel agency’s office where she was raped.

Said SSP Hanif Qureshi, “The accused have been identified as Satender (32), Randeep (25), Praveen (30) and Dev (22), all employees of S K Golden Travels.

They were arrested after the girl managed to flee and contact the police. The other two accused will be arrested soon.”

According to the police, the victim was picked up from outside the gurdwara around 8.30 pm on Friday. She was then taken to the travel agency’s office in Sector 17 and raped by the six men.

The girl escaped around 2.30 am while everyone was sleeping and reached the main road. There, she stopped four men coming on two-wheelers and narrated her story. They took her to Sector 18 police post.

Said investigating officer Ghulam Mohommad, “After what the girl told us, we got hold of the accused’s acquaintance and asked him to call them over to Iffco Chowk.

The culprits reached the intersection around noon, from where they were arrested.” Added Mohommad, “The victim will be handed over to either her family or to an NGO. One of the other accused, Rishi, will also be arrested soon.

Satender belongs to Sonepat, Dev to Nepal and Praveen to Badli.” They will now be produced in court and the victim’s statement recorded before a magistrate.