Gang Rape: 7 more held in Morni gang rape (India)

Morni Gang Rape accused

Days after a 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped by over 40 men in Morni, seven more accused have landed in police net.


The accused have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh and Manjeet Singh, both residents of Shazadpur, Ambala; Karan Sharama, alias kinmmi, a resident of Ambala; Vikas Singh, a resident of Naraingarh; Shadi Ram, a resident of Naggal; Ajay Kumar, a resident of Sadhaura; and Sahab Singh,45, a resident of Kandai vailage in Raipur Rani

Police said Sahib Singh had given a sedative to the woman and raped her. All the accused were booked under Section 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 342 (punishment for wrongful cofinement), 376-D (where a woman is raped by one or more persons constituting a group or acting in furtherance of  a common intention) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC.


On Sunday, a court sent Sahib Singh in two-day police remand. R K Meena, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Panchkula, said, "During the remand period, my team try to trace the other accused involved in the crime."

His arrest came after the police had rounded up few persons on Saturday.

Two more accused, Sunny and Avtar, owner and manager of the Lovely guest house, where the woman was raped, had been arrested by the Chandigarh Police.