RUDRAPUR: Three armed men allegedly gangraped a married woman at gunpoint in front of her brother-in-law when they were returning home from the ongoing Saras Mela at Gandhi Park in Rudrapur on Sunday night.Around 9 pm, as they were nearing Modi Maidan on Kichha bypass, the three men on two bikes arrived. They were known to her brother-in-law, and they allegedly brandished a pistol and threatened to shoot them. The three men then forcibly took them to a deserted stretch near Thandi Sadak and took turns to rape the woman in front of her brother-in-law.

When she resisted, one of the rapists slashed a finger on her left hand with a knife. The perpetrators also recorded a video of the sexual assault and threatened to upload it on social media. They threatened to kill her if she approached the police.The rape survivor later filed a complaint at Rampura police outpost, following which a team has been constituted to investigate the incident. Police are questioning her brother-in-law since the accused were his acquaintances.A case has been registered under BNS sections 70 and 351(3) against unknown persons, said circle officer (city) Prashant Kumar.(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)