Mother of three gang-raped at Zirakpur hotel

The woman, who lives in Chandigarh with her three children, was asked by a man to visit a hotel in Zirakpur for a job interview

A Chandigarh resident was drugged and gang-raped at a Zirakpur hotel after being summoned there for a job interview, police said on Friday.

The woman reached the Zirakpur hotel at the given time and was taken to a room, where she was offered breakfast. But after consuming the food and soft drink, she started feeling giddy and fainted. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

In her complaint to the Dhakoli police station, the woman stated that she was separated from her husband and lived with her three children in Chandigarh.

She had a part-time job and also ran a small grocery shop in her locality. Recently, a man named Pramod Kumar offered her a job with a good salary and asked her to reach a hotel in Zirakpur for the interview at 11 am on August 16.

The woman said she met Pramod at the hotel at the given time and was taken to a room, where she was offered breakfast. But after consuming the food and soft drink, she started feeling giddy and fainted.

On regaining consciousness, she found herself lying on a road near Dhanas, Chandigarh. Realising she had been gang-raped, she approached the Zirakpur police, who lodged a zero FIR and forwarded the case to the Sarangpur police station in Chandigarh for further action.