Another working woman gangraped in Gurgaon

Gurgaon, March 13: In yet another assault on a woman near a pub in Gurgaon, a 23-year-old mother was allegedly gangraped by seven men after being abducted from outside the Sahara Mall on M G Road at 2.30 am on Monday.

The victim, who reportedly works in a pub at the mall, has alleged that the accused abducted her after stopping the radio taxi she and her 15-year-old brother had hired to return home to Badarpur. She said as soon as the Wyn cab left the mall, a Maruti 800 bearing the number (HR26-6458) forced it to stop. Five of the accused pulled her out of the cab and forced her into their car. The victim, who has a three-year-old son, said she was taken to a flat in Gurgaon and raped by seven men. She was later dumped outside the Chhatarpur Metro Station around 4.15am.

In her complaint, the woman said she worked at a pub in Sahara Mall and was responsible for seating "arrangements" of customers during night shifts. She worked from 9pm to the "last show". However, DCP (East) Maheshwar Dayal said she was not employed by the pub but worked as a "help" for single men enter the "couples only" pub.

The cab driver told the police that he and the victim's brother rushed to a Gurgaon police van stationed nearby. "However, when we told them of the incident, they merely flashed a message and refused to move from their position. They asked us to approach the police station." Not knowing what to do, the minor boy reached home and told his mother. The two then took the same cab back to Gurgaon to search for the victim.

"It all happened in the wink of an eye. The Maruti car pulled up right in front of my car. I had slowed down as I was taking a U-turn. Five men came out while one remained in the seat. They put a hand on her mouth, dragged her inside the car and sped away in the wrong direction,'' said Mehdi Hassan, the cab driver.

Although the victim could not identify where she was taken, she has mentioned in her complaint that they crossed the Aya Nagar MCD toll booth on MG Road. The car's registration number was probably not flashed in time. "The car crossed one checkpost and three pickets but was not stopped even once,'' a cop said.

Then girl finally called her mother from her mobile phone and her mother subsequently informed the Delhi Police. A team of Mehrauli police led by the DCP and the area ACP and SHO reached the spot.

However, the Delhi Police insisted that it was not their case and decided to inform their Gurgaon counterparts. They also asked the mother-son duo to contact the Gurgaon police even after they had noted their statements as well as that of the victim. A medical examination was conducted on the victim but the police are yet to access the reports.

DCP Maheshwar Dayal said, "We have registered a case of gang rape and abduction at DLF-II police station against seven unknown person under sections 366/ 376 (2) G IPC. Two police teams have been constituted to search the accused." The cops have taken the CCTV footage of the pub and the Sahara Mall for examination.

The victim told the police that she suspected the role of a woman friend, who introduced her to the profession a month ago, in the assault. The two had a heated argument two days ago and, according to the victim, some of the accused were seen dancing with her friend at a pub in Sahara Mall just before the incident. However, the woman denied these allegations during preliminary investigation.

The city police seem to be caught in a crisis in identifying the owner of the Maruti car, since many files were destroyed in a recent fire at the regional transport office. They suspect documents related to the car too were lost in the fire.