Police in Begusarai district in Bihar have arrested two men for rape and assault of a 22-year-old woman while keeping her captive inside a hotel room, police said on Tuesday, adding that the accused had made videos of the incident and circulated on the internet.
The Begusarai incident is the latest in a series of recent incidents related to crime against women being reported from the state, including the Jamui molestation case that sparked widespread outrage.
On pretext of taking loan
According to police, the incident happened on September 27 when 24-year-old Vikas Sahni, one of the accused, took the victim to the hotel near National Highway-31 in the Town police station area, where another accused 25-year-old Rohit Kumar was also present.
Police said the victim is a member of a self-help group and provides loans to those in need. According to the first information report (FIR), the accused took the victim to the hotel on the pretext of a conversation for a loan. Upon reaching the hotel room, Rohit locked the door and raped her at a knifepoint, according to the FIR.
{{/usCountry}}Police said the victim is a member of a self-help group and provides loans to those in need. According to the first information report (FIR), the accused took the victim to the hotel on the pretext of a conversation for a loan. Upon reaching the hotel room, Rohit locked the door and raped her at a knifepoint, according to the FIR.
{{/usCountry}}A video purportedly of the brutal assault of the woman in the hotel room surfaced on social media and was widely circulated. In the video, veracity of which HT couldn’t independently verify, a man could be seen thrashing the woman.
The FIR against the two persons have been registered under BNS sections of 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 74 (use of force against a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty), 76 (force against a woman with the intent to disrobe), 64 (rape), 3(5) criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of their common intention and 66 (C) 66 (D) 67 of the Information Technology Act, police said.