Trainee Army officers attacked, their female friend raped by armed men in MP's Mhow

A gang of armed men waylaid and attacked two trainee Army officials and raped their woman friend in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Wednesday. The incident happened when the officers and their two women friends were out on a picnic at the historic Jam Gate, 50km from Indore, in the wee hours of Wednesday. 

According to the police, the officers were undergoing the Young Officers (YO) course at the Infantry School in Mhow cantonment town. The 23-year-old officials left for a night drive with their female friends around 2 am on Wednesday when a gang of criminals waylaid them near a picnic spot on Mhow-Mandleshwar road.

The gang of seven men began assaulting one of the officers sitting in a car and the women. The second officer, who was away from the car, immediately alerted his seniors and the police. The miscreants fled after the police arrived. Further medical examination revealed the woman was raped by the miscreants while the man had signs of injury on his body. 

"A case under (BNS) sections pertaining to loot, dacoity, rape and under the Arms Act has been registered," Indore Rural SP Hitika Vasal told reporters. 

Vasal added that  four people visited Army firing range late at night and two were assaulted. "The other two were told to bring Rs 10 Lakhs. The complainant said that their female friend was taken to a corner and then he heard her screams. The complainant suspects that something untoward must have happened to her. The police team reached the spot immediately and upon spotting them, the accused escaped," he added.

The investigation is being carried out by 10 police teams. All six suspects have been identified and two of whom have been detained. "Efforts are underway to nab the remaining four. They will be caught at the earliest. The women's statement is yet to be recorded, once it happens further action will be taken," he added.