LUDHIANA: A man allegedly got his wife gang-raped by three men to force her to divorce him. It is alleged that the woman was home when her husband came with the men and locked her inside with them. He allegedly sat outside the room as the accused raped her.
The incident occurred on June 6 and a complaint was filed the same day but the police registered a case under sections 376-D (gangrape) and 120-B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) only on Wednesday.
‘The woman alleged that in the last six months, she went to the police station and the office of the police commissioner, but her pleas went unheard. Police claimed they kept searching for the woman after lodging the complaint but could not trace her.
The woman said she got married to the accused, a labourer, three years ago. It was their second marriage. She said he did not want children and got her to abort eight times.
Later, she said, she had to be operated on and he started ignoring her. Over time, he started pressurising her for a divorce, but she refused. She alleged that he warned her he would get her raped if she did not grant him a divorce.
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