GURUGRAM: A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly holding his wife captive and allowing his relative and a neighbour to

her for money to buy alcohol.

The woman, a mother of three, told the police that her husband was an alcoholic. She was allegedly raped in the first week of March. Police said the accused locked his wife in a room before allowing two others to rape her. “The neighbour came back the next day too. That’s when I confronted my husband, who thrashed me and threatened to kill me. I immediately left the home along with my children,” the woman alleged in her complaint.

The woman’s mother got to know about her ordeal on March 17. An

was registered against the three under sections 376D (gangrape), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 34 (common intention) of the

at Bichor police station.

Her husband was arrested on Sunday, while two others are at large. “This is very shocking. A man got his wife raped for money. He was sent to judicial custody,” said Devi Charan, SHO, Bichor police station.