Delhi: Police arrests five men for 'raping' 30-yr-old in Pandav Nagar, sends them to Tihar jail

Delhi Police on Sunday arrested five men, including an engineer, for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman in East Delhi’s Pandav Nagar. All five have been sent booked under IPC section 376D, 323/377/506/342/34 and sent to Tihar Jail.

The woman police that the men had locked her in a flat and took turns to rape her from Saturday night till early Sunday morning.

She hails from Nepal and the boys reportedly picked her from Munerka in New Delhi. All five accused are identified as Navin Kumar Deshmukh, Prateek Kumar, Vikas Mehra, Savarjit, Lakshya.

The East district police station received a PCR call early in the morning on 5:45 AM about the alleged gang rape. The victim was caught in a CCTV, getting in an auto after jumping from the first floor.

Based on the woman’s complaint, a case was registered in Pandav Nagar Police Station against the five. Police said the woman, a mother of two, allegedly went to the Pandav Nagar flat with one of the men, whom she knew from before.

Police said that the man, identified as Vikas, had told the woman to wait for him at the flat as he had to drop by there for some work.

The five then allegedly forced her to consume alcohol. When she got inebriated, they allegedly took turns to rape her. They allegedly threatened her with dire consequences if she raised an alarm or attempted to escape.

Reportedly the woman, who is a mother of two, sustained injuries on her leg.