A 19-year-old woman was brutally kidnapped and gang-raped for 20 days by five men in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh. The Sambhal police confirmed the development on Monday (30th October) and stated that the woman was raped by 5 men who were assisted by two women. At this time, all of the seven accused persons are on the run and no arrests have been made.

As an FIR has been filed against the seven, all of whom were booked under different provisions at Sambhal Kotwali Police Station, police launched a massive search operation to apprehend them. According to the victim, she was abducted on 27th September by Mohd Arshad and Asim. The two sedated her and drove her to their friend Ashiq Khan’s house in Moradabad, where all three raped her. Later, Soni Hussain and Faiz Alam joined the group and repeatedly assaulted her.

The two accused women who assisted the accused men in abducting and assaulting the victim have been identified as Saira Begum and Zeba Khan. The victim was made hostage and was raped by multiple men for around 20 days. According to the reports, on October 12, the victim was able to escape and return home.

“A woman has complained about her abduction and gang-rape, she accused 5 male and 2 female of doing this heinous crime with her. Police has conducted a preliminary investigation and then registered an FIR against all the accused under various sections of IPC.

FIR has been filed in the case under sections 376D (gang rape), 366 (kidnapping a woman to compel her to marry), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 344 (wrongful confinement for 10 or more days) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The victim was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation, and we were able to record her statement under section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Several teams have been sent to apprehend the accused persons, Circle Officer Singh Jitendra Kumar Sargam told reporters.