In Letter to Rohtak Cops, Minor Girl Alleges Rape, Blackmail

The girl, who claimed to be around 17-year-old, has alleged that she was gangraped in March this year.

Signatures on an anti-rape banner. Image used for representational purpose. (Photo: Reuters)

A minor girl from Rohtak has written to the police alleging rape and blackmail by two persons at gunpoint. The police received the letter on 11 May. The women police station SHO, Inspector Garima, said the 17-year-old wrote that she was gangraped in March this year.

The minor alleged that the accused filmed the act and later blackmailed her in order to keep her from reporting the rape.

We have questioned the two youths, named in the complaint, but they deny having committed the crime. We have appealed the girl to come forward because we could not locate her at the address mentioned by her. Through the media also, we appeal her to come forward and assure that we will provide her full protection.

Garima, police inspector in Rohtak

A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and the Arms Act and further investigation into the case is on, police said.

Notably, last week the decomposed and mutilated body of a 23-year-old woman, who went missing from Sonipat on 9 May and was gangraped, was found near the Industrial Model Township in Urban Estate, Rohtak. Stray dogs had bitten off the face and lower portion of her body while some portion of the oesophagus (food pipe) was missing.

In another incident, a 22-year-old woman from Sikkim was allegedly raped by three men in a moving car in Gurgaon and thrown out on a road.