Jharkhand Techie Beaten & Gangraped, 10 Booked

Chaibasa (Jharkhand): A 26-year-old lady software engineer from a tribal village in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa has allegedly been beaten and gang-raped by 10 unidentified miscreants, who have been apprehended, according to the police.

The survivor’s statement has been captured by police in the case. She said that the incident happened on October 20 while she was out with a buddy.

According to the survivor’s account, eight to ten people arrived and beat the woman and her buddy up as they were conversing by the side of the road. They said that the woman had been raped by the group of males after they had taken her there against her will. In order to investigate the matter, police have filed a First Information Report and assembled a Special Investigation Team (SIT).

Security has been heightened while the woman receives treatment at Sadar Hospital.

According to authorities, the incident happened close to an airport in the Tekrahatu neighbourhood under the Chaibasa Muffasil police station.

The survivor, who worked remotely for a company, is a software engineer from a village under the jurisdiction of the Jhikpani police station.

Around 6 o’clock in the evening, she and her buddy were biking to the Tekrahatu airfield, according to the police, when she was ambushed by 8 to 10 adolescents who then carried her to some deserted bushes nearby after intimidating her friend.

Dilip Khalko, a Sadar Sub-Divisional Police Officer, and Pawan Pathak, the in-charge of the Muffasil Police Station, arrived at the scene with their squad and began searching for the suspects after learning about the occurrence.

Police reported that they had taken some young people from a neighbouring village on suspicion and that they were being questioned at the police station.

Ashutosh Shekhar, the superintendent of police, stated that a complaint had been filed against ten unidentified individuals and that the survivor’s statement required by Section 164 of the CrPC had been written in court.

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