RAIPUR: Two days after a tribal woman was gang-raped and left to die in Korba district, another woman was raped and tortured so savagely that she is fighting for life in hospital. Police say she was brutalized with a stick and has suffered internal injuries.
The incident took place in Basna region of Mahasamund district on the night of September 17. The 35-year-old woman was alone at home when Milan Bariha forced open the door of her house and raped her, say police.
She kept resisting and screaming for help. Bariha got so enraged by this that he picked up a wooden stick and assaulted her private parts. The torture was so brutal that she nearly lost consciousness. Leaving her in agony, the accused fled. When the woman’s family members returned home, they were shocked to see her in a puddle of blood and rushed her to hospital, which referred her to Raipur, around 150km away.
A zero FIR was registered at Telibandha police station in Raipur and sent to Basna, following which the 30-year-old accused was arrested on Monday under IPC sections 376 (rape) and 450 (trespass).
The survivor’s condition is critical. Doctors said she suffered significant blood loss and internal injuries. The entire village is enraged and has demanded the strictest punishment.
This comes just two days after a tribal woman was tied up, gagged and gangraped for two days by three men, who denied her food and water. The accused include a government hostel superintendent and a relative of a sarpanch.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
