BENGALURU: Two men allegedly gang-raped a 23-year-old BPO employee in a moving van on Saturday night, in southeast Bengaluru.Police sources said the call centre employee , from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, was returning to her PG accommodation in HSR Layout with a friend, after work at her BPO in Bommanahalli.The woman was waiting with a friend for an autorickshaw at the Electronics City junction on Hosur Road around 10pm, when a white tempo traveller stopped. The van driver and cleaner allegedly asked the woman where she was headed and offered to drop her at her PG accommodation, police said.The incident brings back memories of the December 2012 Nirbhaya case of a paramedical student who was brutally raped in a moving van, and later died.Sources said her friend tried to dissuade her from boarding the vehicle, but she did not pay heed. Once she had boarded the van, the cleaner threatened the woman with a knife and allegedly sexually assaulted her. The assault took place even as the van passed by Madiwala police station.The van allegedly took the Intermediate Ring Road and headed towards Old Airport Road and the men raped the girl at a deserted spot along the road. The van was later driven through Silk Board Junction and St John’s Hospital Road. Around 1am, they pushed her out of the van at the place where she was picked up and sped away. "When she boarded the vehicle, there was only the driver and the cleaner. They drove her to a location, which she has not been able to identity yet, and raped her," said Rohini Katoch Sepat, deputy commissioner of police, southeast.DCP Rohini Katoch-Sepat said they have definite clues in the case an the men would be arrested soon.All the CCTV footage at signals along the route taken by the vehicle are being analyzed, a police official said. The vehicle bore an Indiranagar RTO registration board.The men allegedly warned the girl that if she complained to the police, she will be eliminated. They also took away the SIM card in her mobile phone and returned the instrument to her.The woman, who stayed in the PG accommodation with her sister, somehow managed to contact one of her friends and was rushed to St John’s Hospital for treatment. She was discharged on Monday and police have deputed counsellors to talk to her.Hospital authorities declined to confirm or deny the incident. They only said no details could be given as they were obliged to go with the woman’s request. Sources said she was brought to the hospital by her sister.Commissioner of police NS Megharikh only said there is a case of sexual assault and he is yet to ascertain the details of the woman and whether it was indeed a gang-rape.Home department sources said the family declined to file a complaint but had to be convinced into doing so.Police sources said Madiwala police have taken up the case and are investigating the matter to find out the accused persons. Police have collected the CCTV footages from major traffic junctions in the locality to find out the vehicle and the accused persons.The woman is said to have studied BBM in a Bengaluru college and returned to the city in search of work a couple of months ago. Her statement was recorded by a judicial magistrate on Monday.The incident comes almost 10 years after the rape and murder of BPO employee Pratibha Srikantamurthy , on December 13, 2005, by the driver of the van which picked up her up home to take her to her workplace. The rapist-killer was later arrested and sentenced to life. The incident had triggered a nationwide uproar and resulted in the introduction of a string of measures to secure women working late into the night.