Police arrested three auto drivers who allegedly gangraped a 19-year-old woman in an abandoned building at Khairatabad on May 10.
Abdul Sami, 23, Hameed bin Saleem, 23, both from AC Guards, and Mohammed Moinuddin, 22, of Suleiman Nagar in Chintalmet were taken into custody. The victim, a 19-year-old housewife from Karimnagar, came to the city after an altercation with her husband the previous night.
On May 10, Sami noticed the victim crying at the Lakdi-ka-pul bus stop and asked her what had happened. She told Sami that someone had stolen her bag containing gold jewellery and Rs 150 cash.
Sami promised to help her out and asked the victim to get into his auto. While moving in the auto, Sami contacted two of his other associates and hatched a plan to rape her.
As per Sami’s directions, his associates reached an abandoned building near Nirankari junction and after the auto reached there, the trio dragged the woman inside and raped her, Saifabad inspector V Umender said.
After committing the offence, the trio fled from the spot. Based on the complaint lodged by the victim, a rape case was booked by the Saifabad police. During the probe, police held Sami when he was waiting in his auto at Lakdi-ka-pul on Monday and, based on the info provided by him, his associates were also nabbed from their houses.
They were produced in court and remanded in judicial custody.
–Courtesy:TOI