Gurgaon unrest: Construction workers go on a rampage, torch vehicles

Gurgaon:  Angered over the death of a co-worker, labourers at a construction site here pelted stones at private vehicles and torched a police gypsy, police said on Friday.

Labourer Babul Hasan, 25, from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh died after falling from the seventh floor of an under-construction multi-storey building being built by Larsen & Toubro at Behrampur Road here.

Alleging that the contractor had not provided safety equipment, the workers turned violent. They pelted stones outside the company premises while shouting slogans against the contractor. They blocked the road and vandalized several vehicles including a BMW car.

"When police arrived at the spot, the labourers set the Badshahpur SHO's gypsy on fire," said assistant sub-inspector Subhash. However, no one from the police party was injured.

Later, additional forces were called in. Senior officials arrived at the spot and a number of protestors were taken into custody.

Badshahpur police station SHO inspector Rajpal said police have registered a criminal case against the labourers and detained some people.

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Five arrested for raping Gurgaon pub employee

Gurgaon:  Two days after a girl was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving car in Gurgaon, the police have arrested five men in connection with the case.

The 23-year-old victim, who worked at a pub in a mall in Gurgaon, had alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a group of six men. In her statement to the police, she blamed a co-worker at the pub for her rape. She claimed that he persuaded the men to rape her after she had a fight with him.

All the five accused - Ankit, Naveen, Sunil, Bhupesh, Mohit - are below 25 years of age and are unemployed. They belong to Madina village in Rohtak in Haryana.

Two other accused, Amarjeet and Vinod, are still absconding.

The victim claims that she was with her brother and driver outside the Sahara Mall on Sunday night when six men overpowered them and forced her into their Maruti. She says she was taken to a flat nearby where she was raped. The men, then, left her outside the Chhattarpur metro station.

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Alleged gang rape victim from Gurgaon refuses medical test

Gurgaon:  A 23-year-old girl who worked at a pub at a Gurgaon mall near Delhi says she was gang-raped last night. The police says the alleged victim was reportedly hired by the pub to engage with male customers.

However, the girl has refused to undergo medical test.

In her statement to the police, she has blamed a co-worker for her rape. She says that after she fought with him, he persuaded a group of six men at the pub to assault her.

She says she was with her brother and driver outside the Sahara Mall when six men overpowered her companions and forced her into their Maruti. She says she was taken to a flat nearby where she was raped. Then the men left her outside the Chhattarpur metro station.

Her brother and the driver are eye-witnesses to the alleged crime. Based on their description of the attackers, the police is preparing sketches that will be released soon. The police will also scan CCTV footage from the mall and the pub.

The cops have tracked down the car, but are still looking for the alleged kidnappers.

This incident though, is not an isolated one. On February 17, a 17-year-old girl was gangraped by five of her neighbours in a moving car in Noida, near Delhi. In January this year, a 20-year-old girl from Manipur was raped in Dwarka by a man who offered her a lift.

According to National Crime Records Bureau statistics, Delhi reported 414 rape cases in 2010 - numbers that make life in the National Capital Region very unsafe, especially for women.

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