New
Delhi, March 23: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and sexually
assaulted by three men in south Delhi’s Aya Nagar early on Friday morning after
she allegedly intervened in a fight that her brother was having with the men
over giving passage to their vehicle.
Barely half an hour later, and less than a kilometer ahead, the same
trio allegedly fought with a truck driver and four labourers over the same
issue and robbed the trucker of his purse containing Rs 30,000, his driving
license, Aadhaar card, an ATM card, the police said.
The
accused have been identified as Yogesh (26), Naveen Lohmod (25), and Baljeet
(30), they all are residents of Aya Nagar. The SUV used in kidnapping the woman
was also recovered, along with the truck driver’s purse and Rs 5,200 of the looted
money, said deputy commissioner of police (south Delhi) Atul Thakur.
According
to the police, the arrested men were identified as residents of Aya Nagar and
live nearly 300 metres away from the woman’s house. The woman and her brother
had identified the suspects and had noted down the SUV’s registration number,
which helped the investigating team locate and arrest the accused.
Deputy
commissioner of police (DCP) Atul Thakur has said that “On the basis of the
woman’s complaint and her medical examination, we registered a case of
gang-rape, abduction, and criminal intimidation under Indian Penal Code
Sections 376D, 365, and 506.
The
police also said that the accused were arrested from a forested area late in
the evening. None of them had previous criminal records. All three are in the
business of supplying building construction materials.