PATNA: A woman was gang-raped on the pretext of offering a job as a domestic help in the Punpun locality of Patna, said police on Wednesday.
The incident falls under the jurisdiction of the Punpun Police Station. According to a police official, the accused allegedly mixed a sedative into a cold drink before committing the crime.
Acting on the victim’s complaint, an FIR has been registered, and an investigation is underway.
Station House Officer (SHO) Baby Kumari stated that information about the incident was received around 11.00 p.m. from Alawalpur village on Monday.
A police team immediately reached the spot to verify the complaint and record the victim’s statement.
The survivor, who works as a cook near Beur Jail, informed the police that one of the accused, Ramesh Chaudhary, had called her to Punpun by sending an auto-rickshaw on the pretext of offering her employment as a housemaid.