An FIR under the charges of rape has been registered and efforts are on to nab the accused.
LUCKNOW: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped in a toilet outside parking stand of Pratapgarh railway station on March 19. The police have registered an FIR and probe is on.
SHO, Kotwali, RN Rai, said that the woman was waiting to board a train to Ahmedabad along with her husband. However, her husband went outside to buy some food items.
“Sometime later, the survivor went to a nearby washroom but seeing that it was full she returned and sat near the ticket counter,” said SHO, RN Rai while narrating the sequence of events.
Rai said that in the meantime, the accused approached and asked the survivor, who was looking worried, if she needed any help. The survivor told the accused she was looking for a washroom.
Thereafter, the accused gave the survivor key of another washroom and asked her to use it.
“The survivor, unaware of the nefarious intentions of the accused, took the keys and as soon as she opened the locks of the toilet door, the accused also barged inside the toilet and locked it from inside. Then took several turns on her. Hearing the screams of survivor locals rushed for help and the accused fled,” the SHO added.
An FIR under the charges of rape has been registered and efforts are on to nab the accused.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)