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28-year-old Ugandan national abducted, raped in Lohegaon
The complainant, who is on tourist visa in India since August and is engaged in the business of import and export of clothes on Tuesday alleged that she was abducted and raped by a duo in the age group of 24 to 25 years
A 28-year-old Ugandan national was kidnapped and allegedly raped by two persons at a deserted spot in Lohegaon on Monday evening, a senior police official said.
The complainant, who is on tourist visa in India since August and is engaged in the business of import and export of clothes on Tuesday alleged that she was abducted and raped by a duo in the age group of 24 to 25 years. Based on her complaint, the airport police filed a complaint under Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (rape) and 366 (kidnapping) against the two accused.
“We have registered a case under various sections and the probe is on to nab suspects. The complainant has been in India since the last few months and claims she is involved in the business of sarees,” said deputy commissioner of police (Zone IV) Pankaj Deshmukh.
According to the first information report (FIR), the victim had gone for dinner at a restaurant in Mundhwa at 7.30pm and after coming out of the restaurant on the sidewalk, she was about to book a cab online to return to her rented accommodation in Kondhwa when an unidentified person approached her.
According to the airport police, a two-wheeler rider on a motorbike came near her and started a conversation with in English. “After he offered her a lift, she agreed to it and sat on the two-wheeler. He, then, made a call to his friend by which time she had switched on her geo-location application. After his friend came and he sat behind her on the two-wheeler and then, the motorbike moved in another direction,” said the complainant.
The geo-location app informed her that they were taking her in the wrong direction and not towards her residence, after which she became suspicious and requested them to halt the vehicle, the complaint stated.
The victim further narrated in the FIR that the duo alighted from the two-wheeler, took her to an open ground in Lohegaon and raped her. They physically assaulted her for raising a cry for help, according to the complainant.
She requested them to drop her on the main road. On reaching the main road, she saw a people standing on the road at a distance and cried for help. The people came towards the two-wheeler on hearing her cries for help which panicked the duo who fell down from the bike and escaped. The people then gave her clothes to wear and in some time, the police arrived and took her to a safe location,” the woman said.
