In a horrific incident reported from Gurugram, an engineering graduate was raped in the basement of a mall. According to reports, the accused called the survivor for an interview in the mall, took her to his car, following which he drugged her and sexually assaulted her. The incident took place in the basement of Sahara Mall, located in Sikanderpur on MG Road. In her complaint, the woman claimed that the man identified himself as Tushar Kapoor.

A TOI report quoted an excerpt of the survivor’s complaint which read – “He met me at the gate of the mall and took me to its basement. There he offered me water. After consuming it, I lost consciousness and he pushed me into his car and raped me inside the vehicle. He fled from the spot leaving me in the parking.” She also claimed that the man threatened her that if she reaches out to the cops and raises an alert, he would kill her.

After the woman raised a complaint, an FIR was registered against the accused under multiple sections of IPC, including Section 328 (causing hurt by poison), 376 (rape), and 506 (criminal intimidation). The cops asked for the CCTV footage from the mall to investigate the case further.

The survivor of the incident is a 27-year-old engineering graduate.

The Facts of the Matter

Women across the nation continue to be on the receiving end of some horrific crimes with Haryana registering a concerning 65% increase in overall rape cases in the last 8 years. In the year 2021, as many as 1,546 rape cases were registered in the case.  Further, Gurugram reported the most number of rape cases in the state, with 212 such incidents reported in 2021.

In yet another such case, a 27-year-old techie was reportedly raped by a man who called her to meet him on the pretext of an interview. The incident took place in the basement of the Sahara Mall.


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Accused Gave Sedative Laced Water to Survivor

As per the woman’s complaint, the accused, who identified himself as Tushar Kapoor, called her to a mall for a job interview earlier on February 11. He then took her to the basement of the mall, where he gave her a sedative-laced water. After drugging the woman, he raped her in his car parked in the basement parking, NDTV reported.


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Read Woman’s Account of Incident

A TOI report quoted the woman in question’s complaint which read – “He met me at the gate of the mall and took me to its basement. There he offered me water. After consuming it, I lost consciousness and he pushed me into his car and raped me inside the vehicle. He fled from the spot leaving me in the parking.”

The woman also claimed that the accused threatened her of killing her if she approaches the cops to raise an alert about the matter. Reportedly, after the job interview, the accused took the woman for a lunch. He then offered to drop her, and took her to the mall basement, where he drugged her and sexually assaulted her.


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Probe Begins

After the woman filed a complaint, the cops filed an FIR against the accused under Section 328 (causing hurt by poison), 376 (rape), and 506 (criminal intimidation). They are yet to verify the woman’s allegations, and have asked for mall management for the CCTV to further probe the matter.

 

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