Woman crying after online fraud ‘helped’ by 3 men, gang-raped and extorted

Agra: A 28-year-old woman from Firozabad was gang-raped by two men in a hotel in Agra after she was first lured by a fraudster on social media and was crying helplessly on the road. The men extorted money from her and posted her photos online when she couldn't pay more.The survivor had befriended a man on social media who claimed to be in Dubai and promised to bring her gold jewellery as a gift. On Aug 24, he told her he was coming to Agra and asked her to meet him. She left home, telling her family she was going to SN Medical College to get medicine.Upon arrival, the man claimed he was caught at the airport during a check and needed Rs 10,000. The woman, unable to provide the money, began crying at the Agra Cantt railway station. Three youths approached her and after hearing her story, one of them transferred Rs 5,000 online. They then convinced her to accompany them to a hotel under the guise of helping her.In the hotel, two of the youths raped her while the third recorded the assault on his phone. The men later blackmailed the woman, taking Rs 40,000 from her and demanding Rs 2 lakh more. When she refused, they posted her photos online.After her husband became aware of the situation, a police case was filed at the Sadar police station. "On Wednesday, two accused, Vishal Singh and Neeraj Kumar, residents of Akhbai village in Kagaraul, were arrested. The third accomplice, Bhupendra, who recorded the video, is absconding and a search is underway," said Sadar police station in-charge Pradeep Kumar.He added, "The woman's jewellery has been recovered from the arrested accused. The number used by the cybercriminal is being traced and the matter is being investigated in detail."All three accused men worked in catering and were going to Tamil Nadu by train when they saw the woman crying and lured her with the pretence of helping her, said officials.
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