Another woman gang-raped by seven men in India

In a case similar to the gang-rape of a medical student in New Delhi, a 29-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by seven persons in Gurdaspur, Punjab.
The victim was on her way to her village in Ghukla-which falls under Kahnuwan police station-in a bus when the driver and conductor kidnapped her and took her to an undisclosed location where they, along with five accomplices, gang-raped her on Saturday night, Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Raj Jeet Singh told reporters.
He said five of the seven accused had been arrested while two others, who are yet to be identified, were still absconding. Based on the interrogation of the five accused, efforts were underway to arrest the remaining persons, he added.
The victim, in her complaint, said she was coming back from her parent’s village in Jagatpur in a bus when the driver, Daler Singh, did not stop the vehicle at the bus stand in Ghukla.
Her request to the conductor, Ravi, to ask the driver to stop the bus went unnoticed, she said.
They took her to a place near Gurdaspur, where five of the duo’s friends joined them and gang-raped the woman in a house, the police official said.
The driver dumped the victim at a place near her village in the morning, he said. The woman first went to her house and then came to the police station to file her complaint, he added.
A case of rape under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the seven accused, Singh said.
The five arrested have been identified as Daler Singh, Ravi, Jaswinder Singh, Jagpreet Singh and Satwant Singh, he said.
Teams have been have been formed to nab the absconding men, the SSP said.
The woman would be sent for medical examination, the police said, adding the accused had confessed to their crime during preliminary interrogation.