UP horror: Private firm employee 'gang-raped' by 3 colleagues; accused lured her with investment promise

BIJNOR: A 25-year-old woman working at a private finance company in Moradabad has accused three of her colleagues of gang-raping and cheating her of Rs 1.1 crore, following which an FIR was registered at Majhola police station.The complainant said she and the accused worked at the same firm. In her complaint, she alleged that one of the men persuaded her to invest her savings in the company, promising huge returns. Trusting him, she invested her money and also mobilised funds from her relatives and acquaintances on his advice.When she repeatedly asked the colleague to return the money, he allegedly kept deferring the payment on one pretext or another.

Eventually, on the pretext of returning her money, he invited her to his residence one day. Once she reached his house, the man offered her a drink laced with sedatives. When she lost consciousness, she was allegedly gang-raped by the three men. Moradabad SP (city) Kunwar Ranvijay Singh said based on the woman's complaint, a case was registered under BNS sections 70(1) (gang rape), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 318 (cheating).(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)