Tribune News Service

Moga, April 30

A 23-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by at least eight youths at Marhi Mustafa village in the district on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.

The victim, a resident of nearby village, had reportedly gone to her friend’s residence at Marhi Mustafa along with a male friend of hers. Since her friend’s husband was not at home, the duo decided to stay there overnight.

But her friend’s husband returned late at night along with at least seven of his friends and allegedly beat up the youth. They were reportedly drunk.

They then allegedly took the girl to a tube-well room outside the village where all of them sexually abused her throughout the night. In the morning, the victim was abandoned outside the village boundary.

The incident was reported to the police by a village resident. The victim and her friend were rushed to a local hospital where they were undergoing treatment, confirmed Avtar Singh, Baghapurana police station SHO.

A police team was in the hospital to record the statement of the victim and her friend, on the basis of which a criminal case was to be registered. No one has been arrested so far.

Preliminary investigations suggested that the victim was running a beauty parlour and had an affair with her friend for the past couple of years. The duo reportedly had plans to marry later this year.