Aurangabad (Maharashtra), October 18: A shocking incident has come to light where a girl from a village in Madanpur police station jurisdiction was gang-raped by her boyfriend and his friends. The accused were about to murder the girl had the police patrolling team not caught them red-handed. Further enquiry is ongoing, meanwhile, the police have registered a case and arrested three men in connection to the crime.

Manisha (fictitious name) had left her house to meet a friend in the neighbourhood on Saturday but while returning she met her boyfriend. They started talking and the couple made plans to find a secluded place where they could chit-chat and cuddle. Her boyfriend meanwhile called a tempo, which the couple boarded. On their way, a little distance ahead some friends of the boyfriend also boarded the tempo. As soon as friends joined, the boyfriend sprayed something on the victim's nose and she fainted.

After this, the boyfriend and his friends gang-raped the victim. After the sexual assault, the perpetrators were planning to murder the victim, but they were caught by police patrolling team. The boys were enquired about their whereabouts and their need to be out together with the victim, when they fumbled, the patrolling team got alarmed, and the whole plan got busted.

Aurangabad Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Gautam Sharan Omi told that the Aurangabad Muffasil police station officers, who were on a patrol late on Saturday, saw a young woman and a young man in tempo near Dev Mor, where two more youth were talking standing in front of the vehicle. When the police interrogated the girl, under pressure at that time she told she was in love with the young man sitting in the vehicle and they wanted to get married. Finding the situation suspicious, the police caught the couple two of the friends and took them to the police station. The girl's family members were called to the police station. As soon as the relatives arrived, the whole matter came to light. The girl confirmed that she had just been gang-raped by the three. Later the three youth were arrested and sent to jail.

The victim was sent for a medical checkup to Aurangabad Sadar Hospital to confirm the gang rape.

Later, the victim told that in Aurangabad, five youth including her boyfriend took her to a room at a secluded place and raped her in turns. She kept screaming and begged them to leave her but they did not show any mercy to her. After carrying out the heinous crime, the five were taking her by the tempo with the intention of killing her. It was the police patrol team that saved her.

Based on the written statement of the victim a case has been registered in ​​Aurangabad Mahila Police Station under the IPC sections 363, 376D and 34. In the FIR, the girl's boyfriend Rahul Kumar and two of her friends - Avinash Kumar and Pankaj Kumar have been named as accused. All three have been kept in remand by the police.

The same SDPO, contrary to the statement of the girl, said that only three were made accused in the case instead of five, and that the matter is being further investigated. Whoever is found guilty in the investigation will be caught and will be sent behind the bars. The family members of the victim have also met Aurangabad MP Sushil Kumar Singh at his residence and pleaded for speedy justice. The same MP spoke to Aurangabad Superintendent of Police Kantesh Kumar Mishra on mobile and requested for speedy trial of the case, demanding punishment for the culprits, and assured the family of justice.

Pramod Kumar Singh, the senior Congress leader and candidate from Rafiganj in the assembly elections, has also met the victim and her family members and assured them of justice.