Srinagar: A 27-year-old woman techie was allegedly drugged and raped by a man in his car parked in the basement of a Gurugram mall, police said.
According to the police, the accused had called the woman, an engineering graduate, on the pretext of a job interview and raped her after giving her sedative-laced water.
In a complaint lodged at the women’s police station in Sector 51, the rape survivor said she was seeking a job online and got in touch with a man named Tushar Sharma, who promised to land her a job.
Last Saturday, he called her on the pretext of an interview in Sahara Mall. She reached the mall around 1 pm with her documents and met up with Sharma, who then drove them to the basement of the mall.
The accused then offered her water. After consuming it, she lost consciousness, the survivor said. Describing her ordeal, she said Sharma pushed her inside his car and raped her. He threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident, before abandoning her in the mall parking area, and fleeing.
After receiving the complaint, the woman was taken to hospital by the police for medical examination. An FIR was registered against Tushar Sharma under sections 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
Police have sought CCTV footage from the mall management and are trying to nab the accused. (PTI)
