17-year-old lady gang-raped in Hathras | Lucknow Information

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 17-year-old lady, employed to welcome friends at a marriage, was allegedly gang-raped by two males late on Saturday night time round 3 am in Hathras district.
Police rushed to the spot upon receiving the knowledge and initiated an investigation. SHO of the Kotwali Junction, Vijay Singh, stated, “Based mostly on the grievance filed by the lady, a case underneath IPC Part 376D (gang rape), and related sections of the POCSO Act has been registered into the matter. The survivor has been despatched for a medical examination to the District Ladies’s Hospital of Hathras.”
He added, “One of many accused has been arrested, and efforts are on to arrest the opposite absconding accused. Additional probe on.”
In accordance with police, the incident unfolded because the lady was on her approach dwelling after finishing her assigned duties. Two males allegedly intercepted her en route, dragging her into a close-by farming subject the place they gang-raped her.
The accused then fled the scene. The sufferer, hailing from Aligarh, had been engaged to welcome friends on the marriage ceremony venue in Hathras on Saturday.