Activists shout slogans outside the Haryana Bhawan in New Delhi demanding a probe into the rapes and sexual assaults in Murthal.

The Haryana government which earlier had denied that no incident of rape took place in the state during the nine-day Jat agitation on Monday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it is investigating two complaints filed by rape victims.

The admission by the Haryana government came up during hearing of a case by the high court on Monday.

Submitting a report by way of an affidavit filed by Inspector General of Police, South Range-cum-incharge, Special Investigation Team (SIT), Mamta Singh said, the state police has included section 376-D (rape) of the Indian Penal Code to the FIR No. 118 registered on March 30 this year regarding the incidents at along National Highway No. 1 (NH-1) near Murthal in Haryana's Sonipat district.

The section (of rape) has been included on the basis of complaint of Delhi resident Bobby Joshi that women were allegedly sexually assaulted by the agitators. The state government said that it had received anonymous letters alleging that the rapes took place.

Reportedly, an Australian woman, a college student and a resident of a prominent east Delhi locality have come forward admitting sexual assault.

Meanwhile, a Chandigarh based NGO, Haryana Human Rights has said it will file a contempt petition against former SIT chief Dr Rajshree as she misled the court and the media.

In February this year, the Haryana government had told the high court that no such incidents of rape or molestation were reported from Sonipat district during the Jat agitation. The government had submitted a status report in the high court in this regard.

The preliminary status report was submitted following investigations into the mass gangrape allegations by an all-women SIT constituted by the Haryana government. The SIT report said that no victim of the alleged mass gangrape or molestation had come forward to complain.