Gomtipur police

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Inspector

Jankath

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Following a 19-year-old woman’s rape complaint against four men,arrested three of the accused on Monday evening. Allegedly, the accused Deva Patil, Dayaram Jogi, Dipu Mahawat and Sanjay gangraped the woman repeatedly between Sunday 9 pm and Monday 4 am in Somnath Nagardas ki chali, Gomtipur. “The victim hails from Rajasthan and was staying at her relatives’ house in the city.On Sunday, she told her relatives that she is going outside to eatand left. However, instead, she left for Kalupur Railway Station to catch a 9.30 pm train for her hometown. Over there, Deva, a tea vendor, approached her and said that her train will arrive only by 1 am and she shouldn’t stay alone at the station for so long. He offered to drop her at his sister’s house in Maninagar asking her to wait over there until her train’s arrival timing. She agreed to leave with him,” said PoliceARciting the victim’s complaint.“Deva took me to a vacated floor in a hospital in Harilal Godani. The hospital belongs to his friend Dipu. Telling me that his sister will return soon, he called his friend Dayaram, who also worked as a vendor at the station. After giving me some food, the two raped me taking turns. Dayaram video recorded the rape. Later, the duo was joined by theirDipu and Sanjay and they gangraped me repeatedly for several hours. I started crying and begged them to drop me to the railway station. Following this, Deva made me sit on his bike and started the engine.This made Dipu angry and he slapped me and told me not to leave. A passerby saw this and suspected that something was fishy. With his help, I dialed 100 and came in contact with Gomtipur police,” stated the complaint. The victim’s complaint was lodged around 6.30 am on Monday. As per CrPC 157 report, the offence has been registered. Deva of Naroda, Dayaram of Saraspur and Dipu of Gomtipur were arrested around Monday evening. However, Sanjay is on the run. “The accused have been booked under relevant sections of the IPC. We are searching for the fourth accused Sanjay. Probe is on,” added Jankath.