Delhi woman lured into forest by Facebook friend, raped by 25

GURUGRAM: A 22-year-old woman from Delhi was lured into a forested area by a man who had promised to introduce her to his parents and allegedly raped by 25 of his friends through the night and next morning.
The woman, who approached police nine days later after she had gained enough strength, said in her complaint that she had met a man named Sagar (23) on Facebook in January this year and exchanged numbers with him. The woman works as a domestic staffer in Delhi and has been staying in the capital for the past four years.
After months of talking over the phone, Sagar allegedly proposed marriage to the woman and told her he would like to introduce her to his parents in Palwal’s Hodal village. He insisted that the woman come to Hodal and talk to his parents directly.
It was on May 3 that the woman travelled all the way to Hodal and met Sagar. But instead of taking her home, Sagar took her to a forest in Ramgarh village. His brother Samundar and a group of his friends were having liquor near a tubewell there.
As soon as Sagar reached there with the woman, the others waiting there pounced on her and took turns to rape her the whole night. The next day, she was taken to a scrap dealer, identified as Akash. There, too, she was allegedly raped by five men. As her condition deteriorated, the five dumped her near the Badarpur border and fled.
It took the woman nine days to recover from the trauma. On May 12, she approached Hassanpur police station and lodged a complaint of gang rape against Sagar and 24 others. The woman told the cops since she was unwell, she couldn’t file a police complaint all this while. A case was registered against the 25 accused under sections 365 (kidnapping), 376D (gang rape), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC. Hassanpur police station SHO Rajesh said they had arrested Sagar on Friday and hoped to nab the others after questioning him.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)