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Student of private varsity in Gwalior accuses senior of raping her two booked

Gwalior (MP), Oct 26 (PTI) A 19-year-old student of a private university in Gwalior has accused a 23-year-old male senior of raping her and a female student of abetting the crime, police said on Saturday.
    The first-year student was allegedly sexually assaulted on October 23 and she approached the police the next day, an official said.

    Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Niranjan Sharma said a first-year student of a private varsity in the city in Madhya Pradesh has filed a complaint of rape following which they have started a probe.

    The complainant told the police that she was on the varsity campus when a third-year female student took her in a car and offered her some food laced with intoxicants. After that, a male classmate of the senior raped her, the official said, quoting the complaint.

    Sharma said police have registered a case of rape and criminal conspiracy against both seniors.

    Arrests will be made after investigation, the official said, adding that police are gathering CCTV footage and other evidence.

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