Jaipur: Woman raped by husband’s friend

JAIPUR: A woman who had come to the city in search of employment was raped by her husband’s friend under Karni Vihar police station area.
ACP (Sadar), Nawab Khan said that the alleged crime took place on June 28. “The woman and her husband had come from a nearby district to find some work in Jaipur. They were staying at a house which was arranged by her husband’s friend,” he said.
The woman claimed that on the night of June 28, the accused asked her husband to get food from a nearby eatery, “When the husband returned from the eatery, her wife revealed that the accused had raped her when she was alone,” the official said.
Police said that her husband confronted his friend, later the couple left the house and reached Karni Vihar police station where they filed an FIR.
According to an official, the woman and her husband worked as labourers in Jaipur. Their financial condition began to deteriorate when the lockdown was enforced. They left for their native village. “On June 28, the husband spoke to his friend to find some employment in Jaipur. The accused asked them to come to Jaipur and found them a place to stay for Rs 200 a day,” an official told TOI.
After the rape incident, the accused fled from his place. Jaipur police said efforts were under way to track him.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)