Reports state that "senior officials" tried to hush the rape victims and advised them not to talk about the incident.
Commenting on the reports of rape during the Jat protests on the national highway, the Principal Secretary of Haryana, Devendra Singh said that their officials have talked to the locals and that no such incident has taken place.
It was reported that women passengers were stopped on the national highway near Murthal on early Monday morning and were dragged to the surrounding fields and raped.
The police, however, said that no such incident had occurred and called it a rumour but the eyewitnesses of the incident said that around 10 women were dragged out of the vehicles and then they were sexually assaulted, Tribune India reported.
Reports also state that district officials told the victims and their families to not report the incident as it will affect their "honour". It was said that around 30 goons attacked the commuters who were heading towards the National Capital Region (NCR). The commuters were made to get out of their vehicles as goons set the cars on fire, while some managed to run for shelter, some women could not escape.
The women were then pulled out, stripped and raped, according to reports. After witnessing the incident, the nearby residents of Hassanpur and Kurad brought blankets and clothes for the victims who had not moved from the fields in shock.
An eyewitness said, "Three women were taken to Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba and united with their families in the presence of senior police officers. They appeared lifeless. District officials who arrived there, instead of investigating the matter, persuaded the families to take the women home. Many were provided transport," Tribune India reported.
According to witnesses, "senior officers" persuaded the victims to not press charges as it would bring the rape victims a bad name. The officials also said that there was no point in talking about the incident because "what had happened could not be undone”, witnesses said.
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