HYDERABAD: A 32-year-old private security guard lodged a complaint with Rajendranagar police alleging that three offenders who she met near a toddy compound at Attapur lured her to an isolated place near Himayatsagar and sexually assaulted her on Wednesday night.
The victim also alleged that the offenders stole her valuables. Police have registered a gang-rape case and launched a manhunt to nab the offenders.
The survivor, a resident of Puranapul in the Old City, has been working at a private organisation in Mehdipatnam as a security guard. Around 5.30pm on Wednesday, she went to a toddy compound at Attapur from her house to purchase toddy, Rajendranagar inspector K Kanakaiah said.
While the victim was about to enter the toddy compound, an auto driver, who was consuming toddy along with two other men, stopped her and offered to purchase toddy for her. After buying toddy, the trio offered to take her to a better place where they can sit and consume toddy without any disturbance, an investigator from Rajendranagar police station said.
The woman accompanied the accused in their auto and they took her to an isolated place near Himayatsagar. “The accused and the security guard consumed toddy. When she was in intoxicated condition, the accused raped her and also stole her valuables. After the assault, the accused left her at the spot and fled from there,” police said.
The woman, who became dizzy and unconscious, regained her senses around 9.45pm and with the help of locals, called police. The complainant alleged that the accused stole her gold ‘pustela taadu’ (mangalsutra) weighing about a tola, purse with some cash and a cell phone.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case under Section 376-D and 392 of the IPC. The CCTV footage analysis revealed the registration number of the auto belonging to a person from Kukatpally. Based on the information available, three special teams have launched a manhunt to nab the offenders. The victim was sent for medical examination.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
