LUDHIANA: A 23-year-old woman athlete from Punjab has accused two men from Uttar Pradesh of gang-raping her in a hotel in Ludhiana about 10 days ago after one of them promised to marry her. The two accused, both from Saharanpur, had come to know the victim while she was competing in an athletics meet in Dehradun where she had even come second in one of the events.The victim, who belongs to a village near Ludhiana, told the police that one of the men had claimed to be an Army officer and was keen to marry her when they met on December 9. On December 12, he came to Ludhiana and stayed in a hotel. During the visit, the victim even introduced the man to her parents and then developed a physical relationship with him. On December 17, he left Ludhiana for Chandigarh claiming that he is going to bring his sister to the city for an engagement ceremony.According to the complaint, he called his cousin to come and stay in the hotel for the engagement and also asked the victim to stay in an adjoining room so that the ceremony could be completed. However, the cousin allegedly forced himself on her and raped her after which she lodged a police complaint against the accused. Cops have booked the accused for gang-rape and started investigations.The victim found out later that the man who had proposed to her was not an Army officer and that he had made up the story just to win her over.Station House Officer (SHO) of division number three police station Surinderpal Singh said that one of the accused, the cousin, was arrested from near Ludhiana police station when he was trying to leave the city. A team is being sent to Dehradun to arrest the other accused. Police officials said that they will be producing the arrested accused in a local court to secure his police remand to get more information.