Rape: Man rapes sleeping street vendor in Agra | Agra News

Agra: A man under the influence of alcohol allegedly raped a woman street vendor who was sleeping outside a liquor shop in Agra. A video of the incident, which took place on Thursday night, was circulated on social media, prompting police to file a complaint on Saturday. The video shows the vendor sleeping near the shop when three men approached him. After they failed to wake him up from his sleep, one of the men raped the elderly man. “Efforts are on to identify and arrest the accused. Initial investigations suggest that the accused are drug addicts. A complaint under IPC section 377 (sodomy) will be filed against them,” Rakab Ganj SHO Shelly Singh said.TNN

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