A 35-year-old woman was allegedly gang- raped by five unidentified men at an isolated stretch in Pratap Vihar near NH-24 in Ghaziabad. The incident is said to have occurred on Friday night.
The police have registered the complain under Sections 376 D and 506 of the Indian Penal code. Based on the complaint by the victim, at 8.30 pm, she was picked up by her brother from her office in Noida Sector 63 from where they moved towards their house in Kailash Nagar area of Ghaziabad.
According to police officials, as they were going to their house they got a traffic jam and hence took an alternate shorter route. it is here when they were stopped by five men who started misbehaving. When her brother tried to intervene they thrashed him and then raped the woman. They also robbed the brother of their cash and mobile phone and fled from the spot. The FIR has been filed at the Vijay Nagar Police station. According to the senior police official, the designated team have been set up to find the culprits.
The woman was sent for the medical examination where the rape was confirmed.