Delhi police have arrested two people for allegedly gang-raping a 20-year-old woman was gang-raped in the national capital.
The official said a call was received on November 13 at the Pandav Nagar Police station.
When the police reached the spot in Mayur Vihar Phase-1, they found two females who told them that one of them was gang-raped by two people. The accused also attempted to assault the other – a minor.
Delhi Commission of Women’s Crisis Intervention Centre’s (CIC) counsellor was informed who recorded the victims’ statement.
“The victims were counselled,” the official said.
Both of them were then sent for medical examination and a case under sections 376 (Rape), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused and an investigation initiated.
The police deployed several teams and a massive search operation was launched to nab the accused.
The accused identified as Nawal, a resident of Acharya Niketan Patparganj in Delhi and Nagendra Bhatti, a resident of Pandav Nagar in Delhi were later arrested from the Yamuna Khadar area of the city.