4 railway staffers held for rape at New Delhi station

NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped at the electrical maintenance staff room of New Delhi railway station early Friday morning. Four railway employees, including two who facilitated the assault by standing outside the room, have been arrested. Police said the survivor knew one of the accused, who had promised to get her a job and had called her on the pretext of celebrating his son’s birthday.
The accused were identified as Satish Kumar, 35, Vinod Kumar, 38, Mangal Chand Meena, 33, and Jagdish Chand, 37 — all railway electrical department staffers.

Police said they received a call from the survivor at 2.27am on Friday. She said two men had raped her. A team reached the spot and found that the caller was not there. “When contacted on her mobile phone, the woman told us she was standing near platform number 8-9,” an officer said.
Cops found out that the accused had allegedly raped the woman inside a train lighting hut meant for electrical maintenance staff at platforms 8-9.
DCP (railways) Harendra Kumar Singh said the woman, a resident of Faridabad, told them that she had separated from her husband a year ago and was in the process of getting a divorce. tnn