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Delhi: Woman allegedly gang raped at railway station; all 4 accused arrested

According to reports, the victim was raped in the electrical maintenance staff hut at railway station platform 8-9 on Thursday night. (AP)

The Delhi police said," an alleged case of gang rape was reported from the New Delhi Railway Station on the night of Thursday (July 21). Delhi Police has arrested 4 accused in the case."

Meanwhile, in another unrelated case, a 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sending morphed "nude pictures" and "obscene videos" of a woman to her in-laws, and other relatives on social media in revenge for turning him down, police said. The man allegedly sent the pictures through a fake Instagram account, they said. Ankit Bansal, the accused, hails from Tughlakabad village, and presently lives in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, they said.

Bansal was previously found involved in a case of rape registered at Govindpuri Police Station, police said, adding he is a Staff Selection Commission aspirant. The matter was reported by the woman, 22, a resident of Wazirabad, at Cyber Police Station alleging that she had recently got married and some unknown person had been sending her morphed videos to her husband, friends, and in-laws' family on Instagram.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said, "On the basis of her complaint, a case was registered on July 16 under sections 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 500 (punishment for defamation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code and investigation of the case was taken up." During investigation, details of the alleged profile were sought from Instagram and on the basis of it, police obtained IP addresses and mobile number used in the registration of the alleged profile, Kalsi said.

“These IP addresses were further technically analysed and the identity of the accused person was ascertained as Ankit Bansal," he said. When the victim was questioned, she told police that the Bansal’s family had earlier come with a marriage proposal to her, but due to his criminal background she had turned him down, the officer said. Police said they have seized the mobile phone and SIM card used in the offence from the possession of the accused.

When Bansal was interrogated, he revealed that he had met the woman's uncle some time ago, and his family had proposed to consider him for marriage, the officer said. Talks were on for fixing their marriage and both, the victim and the accused, had started talking on phone.

(With inputs from ANI, PTI)

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