AGRA: An 18-year-old girl from Firozabad was allegedly raped by two men in a moving car in Agra’s Sikandra area on December 19. The police complaint was lodged on Wednesday evening.
According to the police, the girl had befriended 24-year-old Krishna Baghel, one of the two men, on Instagram six months ago. On Dec 19, he asked her to meet him, and a 22-year-old Hemant Kumar was present with him. The girl alleged that she was raped by the duo while they were on their way to Sikandra in the suspect’s vehicle, a Mahindra Thar.
She also alleged that they "forced her to consume beer and when she refused, they hit her head against the car door, forcefully putting beer in her mouth." Then, Krishna raped her in the moving car, and later, Hemant too assaulted her sexually, she alleged.
She narrated the incident to her younger sister, after which they approached the police. In her complaint, the girl stated that the two men recorded a video of the assault and threatened to make it viral if she tried sharing the incident with anyone.
The girl’s brother told TOI that his sister tried killing herself by consuming sleeping pills, but luckily, was saved.
According to circle officer Hariparvat Lakhan Singh, the incident took place in the afternoon, as per the girl's complaint. The duo has been taken into custody for further interrogation, and an FIR has been registered under IPC section 376 D (gang rape). The police are scanning CCTV footage for evidence.
Earlier this month, on December 16, a 35-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two men in Aligarh’s Pisawa area, when she had gone to the field for cutting grass. On trying to resist, she was attacked by them with a scythe and injured her neck.
Last month, a 21-year-old woman was raped in a moving car on Agra-Delhi NH-2 by an Army personnel and his relative, when she was returning home to Mathura from Agra after appearing for a police recruitment exam.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
