Gurgaon gang rape: Wanted to teach victims a 'lesson', say accused

In the latest example of violence against women in the capital, two women were picked up by two men and gang raped repeatedly by them, along with five other accomplices who were waiting in another car. The five accomplices have been taken into police custody, but the main two accused are still absconding. According to a report in the Hindustan Times, the accused claimed on interrogation the incident was meant to teach a lesson to the victims with whom they had a financial dispute. The five have been identified as Devender, Pramod Kumar, Satish Kumar, Arrish Khan and Devender Kumar, all natives of Mahindergarh in Haryana. [caption id=“attachment_913015” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of rape protests in Delhi. Agencies[/caption] According to the report, the Tata Indica car which escorted the Toyota Corolla Altis car in which the rape took place has been seized by the police. “The accused were arrested from a rented house in Nathupur. Four of them are cab drivers and the other a helper at a taxi stand,” said Alok Mittal, Gurgaon police commissioner. The two women had hired a car outside the Sahara Mall for Rs.300 to go to Tughlaqabad One of the victims spoke exclusively to the Hindustan Times and said, “When the car stopped at a traffic signal, two men boarded the car. It was all planned.” “The women were raped inside the moving car for almost two hours till the car halted briefly on Sector 57 extension road. One of the victims jumped out, ran towards a security guard nearby and called the police control room from his mobile phone,” said Maheshwar Dayal, joint commissioner of police, Gurgaon.