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Woman abducted, raped in Punjab

Monday, Jan 7, 2013, 19:34 IST | Place: Batala | Agency: PTI

A woman, belonging to the Gujjar community, was allegedly raped by two persons after she was abducted near a bus stand in Kotli Surat Malhi area, police said.

A woman, belonging to the Gujjar community, was allegedly raped by two persons after she was abducted near a bus stand in Kotli Surat Malhi area here, police said today.

The woman, a resident of Balhotra village in Pathankot district, had come to meet her relatives in Shikar Machian village, they said.

A member of the Gujjar community, she was allegedly abducted by six people riding three motor-cycles after she disembarked from a bus last night, police said.

Later, she was allegedly criminally assaulted by two of them.

A case had been registered in this connection, SSP Batala Tulsi Ram said adding one of the accused had been arrested.

A hunt was on to apprehend the other five, he said.