A 21 year old woman has lodged a complaint to the Chandigarh Police that she has been raped by 40 men during a horrifying four days of captive at a hotel in the city. After several distress calls on escape from the captive after four days, Chandigarh police have arrested the owner and manager of the hotel and registered a case of rape on her complaint.
21-year-old Manimajra woman while narrating her horrifying tale explained that she went with Sunny, owner of Lovely Guest House and Restaurant also a friend of her husband in a Maruti alto when he offered her a housekeeping job paying around Rs. 11,000 per month. However, on reaching the hotel, Sunny and his manager Avtar Singh held her captive.
While the duo along with other hotel staff took turns to rape her at night, they even invited 8-10 guests, including two policemen per day between July 15 to July 18 to rape her. The victim also told that her mobile was smashed when she tried a distress call to her husband.
Although the victim was given a bus ticket for Panchkula by Sunny upon threatening to go to the police, she could not get help easily. The woman upon arrival in Panchkula, went to the civil hospital in Sector 6 for medical examination and the hospital staff told her to visit the women police station in Sector 5, Panchkula. However, the later officer in charge there sent her out on advice of Manimajra police station.
A special investigation team (SIT), headed by assistant superintendent of police (ASP) Anshu Singla is now investigating the case and told that they will initiate the process to bring the accused on production warrants from Chandigarh on Saturday.The Aassistant sub-inspector (ASI) Saraswati posted at the women police station, Sector 5, Panchkula who turned the victim away along with Morni police post in-charge ASI Mange Ram and area security agent Pradeep Kumar have been suspended for their negligence in their duties and the strict action against them have also been promised by Chandigarh police.
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