Mentally challenged woman gangraped in Hassan, attackers record video and share it

HASSAN: A young woman, who is mentally challenged, was allegedly gangraped by three youths in the city about eight days ago. The family came to know about the act when the woman’s brother received a video of the gangrape on WhatsApp following which the family lodged a complaint with the at Pension Mohalla police.

The attackers had video- recorded the gangrape and shared it with others. In the complaint, the family of the victim has named Imran, Abdul Aftab and Raziq Pasha. The police are now on the lookout for the accused.

The victim is the daughter of a specially aged couple and the father works as a two-wheeler mechanic. The youths entered the house when no one was around and gangraped the young woman.

On Friday night, the victim’s younger received a video of the gangrape from a friend on WhatsApp. When he observed closely, he realised that his elder sister had been gangraped. He immediately called the friend and questioned where he got the video from and was told that Imran had sent it. By then, Imran had deleted the video from his phone.

Locals alleged that abuse and peddling of ganja and other narcotic substances is rampant in the locality and demanded that the police crack down on the drug network. They also demanded that the accused in the gangrape must be hanged or killed in an encounter.