Job-seeker locked up and gang-raped for two days

Job-seeker locked up and gang-raped for two days
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Job-seeker locked up and gang-raped for two days, Lured by the promise of a job, a 21-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh was gang-raped by two men in South Delhi\'s Vasant Kunj area.

New Delhi: Lured by the promise of a job, a 21-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh was gang-raped by two men in South Delhi's Vasant Kunj area.

According to the Delhi Police, the woman, a first year student and resident of Kanker in Chhattisgarh, had arrived in Delhi for a job interview, a few days ago.

"The woman had applied for a job around eight months ago after seeing an advertisement. Recently, she got a call from the accused and they offered her a job in airport area in the Capital," a senior police officer said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that after receiving the interview call, the victim, along with one of her cousins, came to the Capital and stayed at a hotel in Delhi's Mahipalpur.

She then approached the accused and asked him to meet her.

"One of the accused, Ajay, who was a cab driver, came in his car and picked her from the hotel for the interview, while the other accused, Anuj, posed as an owner of a placement agency and asked her to stay in their company accommodation," the officer said, adding that placement companies usually offer job aspirants accommodation but, in this case, it was actually the accused person's apartment.

When she moved in the same night, the accused snatched her phone, confined her and raped her repeatedly for two days.
They also threatened her with dire consequences if she informed anybody about the incident, the police said.

When the victim finally managed to somehow escape after two days, she initially did not inform anybody about the incident.

"But later, she mustered courage and informed her cousin about the incident who helped her for approach the police," the officer said, adding that medical examination confirmed she was raped.

The police have registered a case of rape at Vasant Kunj (North) police station and arrested the accused persons.

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