Oh no, this is a really terrible! An 18-year-old girl was gang raped in Rajasthan’s Alwar, India on 26th April while she was travelling with her husband on their motorcycle. The incident happened around 3pm when the couple was going to Talvriksha from her village, Lalwadi.
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According to NDTV, five men on two motorcycles stopped the couple and proceeded to beat up her husband before gang raping the woman in front of him.
“The woman’s vehicle was stopped by a group of five men travelling on two motorcycles. The woman’s husband was beaten by two persons while the remaining three gang raped her. After this, the two men who were beating the woman’s husband also raped her. They also made a video recording of the incident and threatened the victims they would kill them if they complain to the police,” the police report said.
They also reportedly did it in front of the husband and the whole horrifying incident went on for more than three hours. After that, the five men left the couple and at first, the victims decided not to make a police report. However, the culprits contacted them and attempted to blackmail the couple, saying that they would release the video online if they did not pay a certain sum of money.
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The couple paid the money but the rapists still decided to post the video online while also demanding more money, so the husband and wife lodged a police report. In further updates on this case that has enraged people across the nation, NDTV reports that police allegedly delayed in helping the victims as an election was happening. The report was made on 30th April but the police only took action on 7th May, leading to protests from the public after the case went viral.
Based on Indian Express, the police have arrested the five men who were involved in the gang-rape and another man who is allegedly involved in circulating the video online. They have been identified as Chotelal Gurjar, who is a truck driver, Hansraj Gurjar, Indraj Gurjar, who is a married tractor driver, Ashok Gurjar, Mahesh Gurjar, and Mukesh Gurjar, who is accused of circulating the video. All of them are aged between 20 and 25 years old.
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Apparently, on the day of the incident, initial investigations showed that Indraj met with Chotelal, Ashok, Mahesh and Hansraj at his in-laws’ place. “When Ashok and Chotelal went to the market to buy cold drinks, they spotted the couple passing by. They then called Indraj, Mahesh and Hansraj and followed them on their motorcycles for a few kilometers and then stopped them,” Hindustan Times reported.
Hopefully, these horrible rapists will be severely punished so that it can serve as a lesson to other people!
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