Guwahati, Feb 24: A 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped by multiple men at knifepoint while she went for an evening out with her boyfriend.
According to reports, the men later extorted money from the victim forcibly.
Police said that the incident happened on February 19 and it was reported immediately. A complaint was lodged by the victim and a complaint was lodged and a case was registered.
The victim in the FIR, wrote that at least seven unknown men raped her one by one, and after that, they forced her to transfer an amount of Rs 10,000 to the account of one of them.
According to the family members of the victim, she was in a car with her alleged boyfriend at the bypass road, a few kilometres from Silchar town, when a group of men appeared in a Mahindra Thar and attacked them.
“They first asked the couple about their whereabouts and suddenly grabbed the woman and her friend. There were 7 to 8 men. Some of them grabbed the man and they raped her one by one in front of him,” the victim’s family members alleged.
The case was registered at Silchar Sadar Police Station under section 308 (5) (extortion by death threat), 310 (2) (dacoity), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 61(2) (unlawful act committee by two or more persons, 70(1) (gang rape), 76 (criminal force against woman with intent to disrobe her or compel her to be naked), 79 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), police said.
Police said that the victim identified two of them and both of them were arrested by Sunday. They have been identified as Nilotpal Das (25) and Subol Das (27), both residents of the Ashram Road area of Silchar town.
According to police, the victim has undergone the mandatory medical examinations and her statement has also been recorded.
This incident has sparked widespread anger among the citizens and thousands of locals have posted about it on social media. They have demanded strict action for the accused.
Political leaders including Rajyasabha MP Sushmita Dev also demanded strict action. She wrote on X, formerly Twitter, “The news of a gang rape in Silchar, Assam is extremely disturbing.
A Silchar-based journalist, Surajit Chakraborty was attacked by family members of one of the accused persons for reporting the incident.
Chakraborty said that he was stopped near the National Highway Road police station two days back and a local businessman named Arabinda Das started threatening him.
