A 21-year-old woman executive engineer working with an MNC foiled a rape bid by seven of her rowdy neighbours at her high-rise residential complex in an upscale society at Sector-86 in Gurugram on Thursday around 9.45 pm.
Acting on her complaint, police have arrested five accused out of seven on the charge of rape bid while two, who are brothers, are absconding, police said.
“When I reached the society I thought of taking the stairs. When I reached the first floor, I noticed a person there. He made some queer noise; when I moved forward he grabbed my hand. I got scared and threw his hand and managed to run away. I noticed that some others were following me,” the victim said in her complaint.
“They attempted to rape me and threatened me and my parents with dire consequences if we report the matter to police,” she claimed in her complaint.
The girl somehow managed to reach her flat unharmed and narrated her ordeal to her family members.
“Meanwhile, the arrested accused have been identified as Abhishek, Sawan, Ankit, alias Kali, Mukesh, aka Monty, and Sachin, while Hemant and Kamal, alias Nandi, are still at large, police said.
Brothers Ankit and Sawan are residents of Jind in Haryana and have completed BTech and were residing in a rented flat in the society. Their friend Nandi was allegedly attacked by a Delhi-based gangster and had received six gunshots a few months ago. He also got police protection. The accused had come to Gurugram to attend a marriage.
They were celebrating a party when the incident took place in the complex, police said. “Police teams are conducting raids to nab the absconding accused,” said Shamsher Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Crime.
“These hooligans were always drunk and had entered into scuffle with other residents earlier as well. They also carried illegal weapons and allegedly threatened several residents in the society. A probe should be initiated against them,” a resident of the society on the condition of anonymity, said.
“A case under sections including 376 (rape) and 511 (attempts to commit offences) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the culprits at Kherki Daula police station and is being investigated,” the ACP said.
