Mangalorean Widow Gang-Raped
Manjunath L Hanji/Midday
Bangalore, Jan 18: A Resident of Shivaji Nagar has been arrested for allegedly gang-raping and cheating a 33-year old widow, who claims she was confined to a room in a city hotel and forced to have sex 10 times a day for three days with the arrested man and others.
The accused - Kalam
Three accused in the case are absconding. The Upparpet police identified the arrested man as Kalam, a private manpower agent.
Brought to city
The victim, Pramila (name changed to protect identity), was brought to Bangalore from a rural part of Mangalore by Kalam on October 13 under the pretext of arranging a maid's job for her in Saudi Arabia.
Kalam, along with his friends Shafi and Ismail, allegedly gang-raped her for three days at the Hindustan Lodge near the Majestic theatre.
The Hindustan Lodge where the victim says she was confined for three days by the accused.
"They would have sex with me 10 times a day," she told MiD DAY. Pramila said she resisted initially, but later surrendered to them after they assured her of a well-paying job to support her son.
After three days, Kalam sent her back to Mangalore, promising to call her when he had procured the travel documents for Saudi. Pramila returned to her relatives but did not mention her ordeal.
Taken to Lucknow
A week later, Kalam sent his friend Latif to bring her back to Bangalore.
Pramila said once she was brought back to Bangalore, another associate of Kalam's, Baba, took her to Lucknow airport and took Rs 65,000 from her in exchange for some papers he said were her travel documents. Baba left her at the airport after taking the money.
Pramila said the airport authorities sent her away after they found the documents were fake.
"I had no money, and had to sell my nose-stud to buy a ticket home," Pramila told MiD-DAY over the phone.
When she finally narrated her ordeal to her relatives, they prompted her to file a complaint with the police, which she did on January 12.
Upparpet Police Sub-Inspector R Prakash, in charge of this case said, "It is very disturbing. We have already arrested one of the main accused and will catch the others soon."