Agra: As many as five people, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with an alleged gang rape of a woman at a hotel in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Sunday. The victim, who is around 25 years of age, said that an objectionable video of hers was made earlier and she was blackmailed over it.
The victim police that she was forced to drink alcohol and a glass bottle was broken on her head.
Five pople arrested
"On Saturday night, Tajganj police received a call that in a rich homestay, a woman here had been raped and was assaulted. According to the complaint filed by the victim, a case has been filed under relevant sections," Archana Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Agra Sadar, said on Sunday.
Agra Police said that five people including one woman have been arrested after the incident was reported.
Police say that the victim was an employee of the hotel. A viral video shows the victim being assaulted by a group of men. "Four men and a woman have been arrested after the incident. The medical examination of the victim will be done and legal action is being taken in the case," Singh said.
Case registered under various sections
Police said a purported video of the woman crying for help has also surfaced. Apart from rape charges, attempt to murder charges have also been slapped against the accused, police said.
A case under IPC sections 376 (rape), 307 (attempt to murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), among other relevant sections, and sections 7 and 8 of The Immoral Traffic Prevention Act has been lodged.
(With agencies input)
