“Punjab: Lovely Professional University student from Odisha gang raped by men dressed as Nihangs, Aman, Ranveer Singh and Manjit Singh arrested”, Opindia, June 27, 2024:

“An alarming gang rape incident has come to light from Jalandhar, Punjab. On 24th June, a 24-year-old female student who hails from Odisha was brutally gang-raped by three men disguised as Nihangs. The victim is enrolled in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program at Lovely Professional University (LPU). The gang rape incident took place on the night of 24th June when the victim went out to eat at a food court near Dhilwan Gate along with her friends.

According to police, the victim was with her two male friends at the time of the incident, all students of the same class. At around 1 AM, three men arrived at the food stall on bikes. Two of them were in traditional Nihang attire and armed with daggers. They approached the students and questioned the victim’s friends about their intentions in an intimidating manner, asking what were they doing at that time with a lone girl. They then forced her friends to leave the place claiming they would safely drop the girl back.

They forcibly made her sit on their two-wheeler, saying they would drop her at her campus. But Instead of taking the girl back to the campus, they took her to a secluded place and gang-raped her. After committing the crime, they left the traumatised student and fled the scene…….”

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