Delhi woman gang-raped over property dispute in Ghaziabad: Police

A 36yearold woman was allegedly raped by five men who were nurturing a rivalry against her over property in Ghaziabad police said on WednesdayFour of the accused have been arrested they saidAccording to authorities at the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital the womans condition is stable and no internal injury has been found yetSources at the hospital however said there were signs of sexual assault and a foreign object was found in her bodyEarlier in the day the Delhi Commission for Women DCW had issued a notice to Ghaziabad police in connection with the case with the panel chief Swati Maliwal saying the attack reminded her of the Nirbhaya caseThe woman a resident of Delhi was found wrapped in a jute bag with her hands and legs tied and an iron rod inserted in her private part the DCW had claimedAlso read Uttar Pradesh One more held in tuition teacher gangrape caseAccording to Nipun Agarwal Superintendent of Police CityI Ghaziabad Nandgram police station received a call on the 112 emergency helpline number at around 330 am on October 18 saying a woman was found lying on Ashram roadHe said the police took her to a nearby hospital but she insisted that she be admitted to a hospital in Delhi She was then taken to GTB HospitalIn her statement to police the woman said she had been to Gurugram to celebrate her brothers birthday a day before the incidentThe SP said her brother dropped her back home and some people who were known to her picked her up from thereInitially she said there were two people but she later said five men raped her Four of them have been arrested Preliminary investigation has revealed that there is a property dispute between the woman and the accused That case is already in Karkardooma court The matter is being investigated Agarwal saidIn a statement Dr Rajat Jhamb media spokesperson of GTB Hopital said the woman was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday morningHe said her vitals were stableNo internal injury found till now She is under observation and admitted in gynaecology department he saidAccording to the DCW the woman was allegedly gangraped and tortured for two days The notice has been issued to Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police seeking an action taken report and a copy of the FIR along with details of arrests madeMaliwal said The incident is very horrific and disturbing It reminds me of the Nirbhaya case All accused must be arrested immediately and strict action taken against them I fail to understand how long women and children be subjected to such extreme brutalityThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever