Two salesmen arrested for drug abuse and rape of a colleague

Two young salesmen from a real estate company in Hyderabad have been arrested on suspicion of sexually harassing and beating up a female colleague after slipping drugs into her soft drink.

The two men, Janardhan Reddy, 25, and Sanga Reddy, 39, were taken into custody following a complaint filed by the 26-year-old woman, Miyapur police said.

According to police, the woman had only recently joined the company and had met the accused in Sun City on June 30. The two men offered her a room in a hostel in Miyapur so that she could freshen up. They then drove to a construction site in Yadagirigutta around noon.

After the meeting ended at 9 p.m., the accused offered to take her back to the hostel. Under the pretext that the car had broken down, they stopped the car in front of a building under construction.

The men offered her food, but she refused. Instead, they persuaded her to drink a cold drink that was apparently laced with drugs and made her feel dizzy.

The crime

The men took advantage of her condition, dragged her into the car and sexually abused her until Monday morning, the woman said. They also beat her when she resisted.

The men then left them at the Miyapur hostel and fled. However, after the police reported the incident, they were tracked down and arrested. The two men, who were charged under sections 376, 323, 509 and 420 of the IPC, were remanded in judicial custody by a court.