Army officers attacked, friend ‘raped’ in Indore
Two arrested on rape charges; victims were on a picnic trip
INDORE: Two men were arrested on Thursday for the attack on two Army officers and alleged rape of one of their women friends during a picnic in Mhow town of Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, police said.
Six accused have been identified in connection the incident which took place in the wee hours of Wednesday in Jam Gate area of the hilly region surrounded by forests, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Hitika Vasal told PTI.
While two of them were arrested, search was on for the other four accused, she said.
The two Army officers, aged 23 and 24, undergoing Young Officers (YO) course at the Infantry School in Mhow cantonment town, had gone out for a picnic on Tuesday along with two female friends when the incident took place, Badgonda police station in-charge Lokendra Singh Hirore earlier said.
Vasal said the accused held one of the couples captive while beating them up, and told the other couple that the hostages would be released only when they give them Rs 10 lakh.
“The complainant has told us that the accused took his woman friend away to a place and he suspected that she was raped. The woman’s statement is yet to be recorded,” Badgonda police station in-charge Lokendra Singh Hirore said.
A search is underway for the other four persons allegedly involved in the attack and rape, police said.
After police reached the spot, the army officers and their female friends were brought to Mhow civil hospital, where a medical examination confirmed that one of the women was raped, an official said.
A case has been registered under sections 70 (gang rape), 310-2 (dacoity), 308-2 (extortion) and 115-2 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and under sections of the Arms Act based on the complaint filed by the officer.
The complainant has told us that the accused took his woman friend away to a place and he suspected that she was raped. The woman’s statement is yet to be recorded
— Lokendra Singh Hirore, Badgonda police station in-charge