4 held for raping woman in Jharkhand


PTI | Ramgarh | Updated: 07-02-2020 21:00 IST | Created: 07-02-2020 21:00 IST
4 held for raping woman in Jharkhand
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A 24-year-old woman has been allegedly raped by four men in a forest in Ramgarh district, police said on Friday. The incident happened at a forest near Kuju-Ghato Road on Thursday when the woman was returning home after visiting a tourist place, the police said.

All the four accused were arrested after the woman lodged a complaint with the Kuju police outpost. According to her, all the accused overpowered her uncle, tied him up, forcibly took her to a nearby forest and raped her, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Ramgarh district, Prabhat Kumar, said at a press conference here.

The victim has been sent for medical examination, he said. The woman and her three sisters had gone to a tourist place in Patratu, along with their uncle and the incident happened when she was going back home, the SP said.

While the other sisters returned home by a car, the victim was returning home with her uncle and they were on a motorcycle, the police officer said. The four accused followed them, overpowered the victim's uncle and took her to the nearby forest to commit the alleged crime, the SP said..

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