Mangaluru, Apr 2: A 27-year-old married woman from Dakshina Kannada, who travelled to Bengaluru earlier this week after a person known to her promised her a good job, was allegedly gang-raped by four men from morning to evening at an apartment.
The victim, who was in need of a job, revealed that Manju had called her up, asking her to come to Bengaluru immediately as he had found a suitable job for her. She left her native place on Tuesday night and reached Bengaluru in the wee hours of Wednesday, and called up Manju from Jalahalli cross.
"Manju came in an auto to Jalahalli cross and asked the victim to board it. Along with Manju, there was another man in the auto apart from the driver. On the way, two more men got into the auto. When the victim asked about them, Manju told her that they were the ones who will be helping her in getting the job. The four men then took her to an apartment flat in the vicinity. After entering the apartment, the accused asked her to take a bath and to get ready as she had to attend the job interview.
They are said to have gone outside after locking her inside. After an hour, the four returned to the flat, by which time, the victim had taken her bath and was ready," said an officer based on the statements of the victim.
However, instead of taking her for the interview, they threatened her with a knife and raped her one after another. The victim has claimed that she was repeatedly raped by the four men till 5.30 p.m.
Around 6 pm, three men went outside, and just one was left to guard the woman. Somehow, the victim managed to lock him in the toilet and escaped from the apartment," the officer added.
From there, she hired an auto to Majestic, from where she took a bus to Horamavu to meet her children who were staying at an ashram there. She came back to Majestic at around 11.30 pm and was to take a bus back to her native place at 6 am the next day.
"While she was sitting at the bus stand, she became overcome with grief over what had happened to her. She then dialled the police control room to make sure that the accused were punished," the officer added.
The North Division police have registered a case of gangrape (IPC 376D) along with other sections and are investigating. Police said they are yet to check the background of the accused, but have obtained the mobile phone number of the man who had called her and are looking for him as well as the other three accused, one of whom, according to the victim, was addressed as Chandu by the others.
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