Woman drugged in car and raped by colleagues | News from Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Two sales employees of a well-known real estate firm were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly drugging, raping and beating their 26-year-old colleague in a car for hours on the night of June 30. The colleagues left the woman outside a private hostel in Miyapur after the crime, police said. The accused, identified as Sanga Reddy (39) and Janardhan Reddy (25), were remanded in judicial custody on Wednesday.

While a zero-level FIR was initially filed at Uppal police station based on a complaint by the survivor, the case was later transferred to Miyapur police station as the crime fell under its jurisdiction.

The accused have been booked under sections 376 (rape), 323 (intentionally causing hurt), 509 (outraging modesty of a woman) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code, said Miyapur SHO V Durga Rama Linga Prasad. “The survivor has been sent for medical examination,” he added.