Punjab: Man, aunt held in rape case

LUDHIANA: The Ludhiana rural police, on Monday night, arrested a man and a woman in a case of rape of her niece.
The 20-year-old complainant told cops, “I have been living with my maternal uncle since 2019. On June 4, a neighbour handed over her house keys to my maternal aunt around 9am and said she would return by 6pm. Around 11am, when I was home with my aunt, she told me that the neighbour had called them to do household chores. She took me along. But there was no one at neighbours’ house. My aunt gave me water and pushed me into a room.”
There, a man was sitting. “The man raped me. Later, my aunt came in and the two threatened to kill my family if I spoke about it,” she added.
Police booked the accused under sections 376 (rape) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and arrested them.