On Wednesday in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh, two young Indian Army officers were attacked and one of the ladies alleged that she had been raped. One of the officers is 23 years of age while the other is 24 years old and are pursuing training in Young Officers course at the Infantry School in Mhow cantonment. They were on a picnic with two female friends when the unfortunate incident happened.
The group of attackers ranging from six to seven persons started pelting the picnic site on the Mhow-Mandleshwar road at about 2:00 A. M They attacked an officer who was sitting with his female friend in the car as stated and explained by the in-charge of Badgonda police station Lokendra Singh Hirore. The other officer and the remaining woman, who was outside on a hilltop, joined in running to the scene but were also taken hostage at the point of guns. The attackers are said to have demanded a ransom of ten lakhs of rupees in the incident. The officer was, however, able to make a call to his superiors in Mhow who in turned informed the police. By the time the police got there the attackers had already disappeared.
The officers and their friends proceeded to Mhow civil hospital and one of the women was found to have been raped. A case has been registered at different sections of Bernard Hardy’s code of Indian Penal Code, including gang rape, dacoity, and extortion. Police say that they have six individuals of interest and have apprehended two of them.
