LUCKNOW: In a second incident reported within 24 hours in Lucknow, a 52-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by disciples at a temple-cum-ashram in Gomti Nagar police circle, Police said.
The woman has filed a complaint with the police, who have sent her for the medical examination and registered a case against four persons.
The victim alleged that the head of the ashram did not offer her help and instead threatened her with life if she dared to report the matter to Police.
According to the complainant, the incident took place in the evening on October 4. She had come to the ashram last month.
As per an FIR, the woman reached the ashram through a 'sanyasini' whom she had met during Magh mela in Prayagraj earlier this year.
"Earlier I was staying at an ashram in Mathura. This woman was staying at the Lucknow-based ashram. She recommended that I stay at the ashram which was run by her guru. I shifted to Lucknow ashram last month and started living there. However, after some time, the woman had to go to Varanasi as her brother was not well and I was left alone," she said, adding that on the fateful day, she was offered food laced with sedatives and she fell unconscious.
"When I woke up, I found myself completely naked and my body was trembling. All the four had gang-raped me. When I complained to the head of the ashram, he asked me to keep mum if I wanted to live," she claimed.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), east zone, Prachi Singh, said that during investigation the Police came to know about a court case related to some dispute over the ashram property.
The matter would be probed from all angles, the DCP added.
Earlier, an 18-year-old was also gang-raped by an auto driver and his aide in the state capital.
18-yr-old girl gang-raped by auto driver, his aide in Lucknow
LUCKNOW: An 18-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped and then dumped in the posh Gomti Nagar area in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh's state capital, by an auto driver and his aide, Police said.
According to the first information report (FIR), the survivor, a resident of Husainganj, had gone to teach a student in Chinhat area.
She finished her class and reached the Chinhat fire station to catch an auto for Charbagh.
A little later, the accused auto driver reached the spot and the girl asked him if he was ferrying passengers to Charbagh.
"The auto stopped near the fire station and I asked if he would go to Charbagh. There was a youth sitting in the auto beside the auto driver. After travelling for some kilometres, the auto driver drove the vehicle on the wrong route to a dark stretch of the road. I sensed something wrong and raised an alarm. But the auto driver took me to the dark stretch and they both took turns raping me for three hours. They took away my phone and hit a hard object on my head before dumping me. The auto driver threatened to kill me if I reported the matter to the police," the girl alleged.
The girl later found a police vehicle of 'UP 112' near the crossing.
"They enquired about the incident and went to the place where I had caught the auto. My condition started to deteriorate, and I was asked to go home. My family has filed a complaint with the women's helpline and police," she said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, East Zone, Prachi Singh, said that a case for wrongful detention, gang-rape, loot and attack on the survivor has been registered.
"The teams are hunting for the unidentified auto driver and his aide and have also got substantial leads in the case," she added.
