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Dalit Woman Gang-Raped in Ayodhya's Ram Mandir Area, Five Arrested

A minor girl, who was cleaning the Ram temple in Ayodhya, was allegedly gang-raped.

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The Ayodhya gang-rape
A Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped in Ayodhya's Ram Mandir area. Police have registered a case against five people and an inquiry into the case has been started. The victim has also made some serious allegations against the police in the Cantt police station.

What did the police say about the incident?
According to the victim, she had gone to her friends, had gone on various dates. At that time, she was gang-raped by her friends and colleagues of those friends. So far, we have arrested five people in the case and are looking for others. This information was given by Commissioner of police, Anjani Kumar.



What did the victim allege?
"I was in a relationship with a young man, he and his other friends gang-raped me and made a video of it. He then called me to various places and gang-raped me for several days. I filed a complaint with the police on September 2. But the police threatened me to stay away from the media and tell my family. "The victim said.


What else did the victim say?
But because of what happened to me, I lost my job. Then one day he brought his friends and tried to force himself on me. As I was running away from him, I fell down and hit my head which made me unconscious. I was gang-raped while I was unconscious. After that, when I was purified, both Vansh Chaudhary and Vinay were there. They took me from the guest house to the garage. There too, I was raped by the Ayodhya gang and the video was shot. And then they started blackmailing me. "The girl lodged a complaint.

The girl said that she was repeatedly blackmailed.
"They were repeatedly blackmailing me and raping me by threatening to post the video. He didn't leave me for two days. After this, I was going to the police station on August 28, but I was threatened. I was told that if you go to the police, we will rape your sisters too. We won't leave your family. When I approached the police, I was detained for 36 hours. I was not even given a copy of the FIR. The woman has also filed a complaint. Today we reported on this issue.