SSP Love Kumar said the three men will be charged for gang-rape while the auto driver and middleman will be ch... Read More

GREATER NOIDA: Police on Thursday arrested four persons in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a 35-year old Gurugram woman, and said this was a case of illegal trafficking .

The police have arrested the auto driver Rashid alias Afridi (26), the middleman Asru (25), both residents of Palwal, Haryana and the two accused Naresh Nagar (25) and Rahul Nagar (24), residents of Imliya village in Greater Noida, who raped woman. The third accomplice Kishan (25), also a resident of Imliya village is absconding. Arsu is also a distant relative of the woman.

Police said the three men had gone to Gurugram’s M G Road in Naresh Nagar’s grey coloured Maruti Santro car to find a sex worker.

Afridi knew the woman and he had also helped her in hunting a house in Sohna. He picked up the woman at night and dropped her at MG Road near Sahara Mall. He introduced the woman to the three youths and fixed a deal in Rs 3000. The three accused took the woman to Faridabad, consumed beer on the way, and took turns in raping her. They also refused the woman let go and drove away the vehicle to Greater Noida via Delhi. They threw the woman outside a Dhaba in Sector Omega 1 in Greater Noida early Tuesday morning.

The Kasna police registered an FIR against and first arrested the auto driver from Gurugram. The auto driver informed about the middleman who was also the mastermind of illegal trafficking activities. Police then arrested the two main accused from ATS roundabout in Greater Noida on Thursday. The anti-extortion cell, headed by Ajay Kumar Sharma, played an important role in workout of the case.

SSP Love Kumar said the three men will be charged for gang-rape while the auto driver and middleman will be charged for immoral trafficking and criminal conspiracy. Police have also recovered the car used in the crime. The IG Meerut Zone has rewarded the police team Rs 15,000 for solving the case in 48 hours.

