Four women, minor gang-raped in Rampur

LUCKNOW: Four women and a minor from Chattisgarh were gang raped at gun point in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh on January 20. Having reached UP in search of work the women were working as laborers at a brick kiln and staying at roadside hutments in Shahabad area when the crime took place.
The incident came to light after the victim fled UP after the incident and reached their native village in Jangir- Champa district of Chhattisgarh where they reported the matter to the local Pamgarh police station on January 24.Chattisgarh police have registered the complaint against zero crime number and transferred it to the Rampur police for further action.
Aarif Sheikh, SP Janjgir-Champa said "the incident took place on January 20. As per the complaint, a group of 10 to 12 men barged into the hutments around midnight and locked all male members in one room and gang-raped four women and a minor." The women have told police the goons were carrying guns and knives. They had also beaten the women and thrashed their men," SP Janjgir-Champa said.
"A team of five police personnel including women officers would be sent to UP for further investigation and case would be registered with UP police on basis of survivors' version,
" Sheikh said. The contractor Rajkumar Kemath was on the run after the matter was reported to police.