Tribune News Service
Moga, May 27
An 18-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped and beaten up by two men at Fatehgarh Korotana village in Dharamkot sub-division of Moga district, police said on Thursday.
The woman hails from a village in Hardwar district of Uttarakhand and has been working at a brick kiln here for the past couple of years.
She told the police that she lived at the brick kiln in an accommodation provided by the owners. At night, two youths, Shubam and Chhotu, entered her room forcibly; when she resisted, they started beating her up and later raped her, she told the police.
The local police took the victim to the district hospital. The medical examination confirmed that she was raped, investigating officer Paramjit Kaur said.
A criminal case under Sections 376-D and 323 of the IPC had been registered against the two youths at the Dharamkot police station and a manhunt launched to nab them, the investigating officer said.
Woman 'raped' at brick kiln in Punjab's Moga
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