Woman allegedly gangraped in Nizamabad, Telangana State

Nizamabad: A woman was allegedly gangraped by five unidentified men at an abandoned private hospital in Telangana's Nizamabad town late on Tuesday night, police said. The accused escaped after committing the crime. The Nizamabad one town police station was alerted by the hospital security guard. 

The police said that the culprits allegedly offered the 20-year-old woman a lift to return home. She then was taken around Nizamabad town on a bike and later taken to an abandoned hospital building. Police say the woman was made to consume liquor in the watchman’s room. Three of the five men sexually assaulted the



woman.

Police are trying to identify the culprits by scanning CCTV footage from cameras installed near the bus station. A case has been registered on Wednesday under sections 376D for gang rape and 341 for wrongful restraint and also under sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

 

A police officer told IANS that they could not gather more details about the incident as the survivor was still in an unconscious state. The survivor was shifted to a government-run district hospital for treatment. 

A case has been registered at the One Town Police Station in Nizamabad.