NRI woman raped by brother in Haryana

Rohtak, April 20 (IANS) A man in this Haryana town was Saturday booked for raping his 32-year-old non-resident Indian (NRI) sister, police said.

According to the police, they have registered a case of rape and causing hurt with poison under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

"We have booked the accused on charges of rape and causing hurt by poison after recording statement of the victim today (Saturday). The victim has been undergoing treatment and her condition is stable," Rohtak Deputy Superintendent of Police (City) Virender Singh told IANS.

In her complaint, the victim alleged that she recently came to Rohtak from Italy to spend her vacations. On Friday night, while she was alone at her house in sector-2, her brother came and raped her. After committing the crime, he forcibly fed her a poisonous substance.

The victim told police that on regaining consciousness, she called her friend, who admitted her in a government hospital.

Police had Friday arrested a man for raping his 14-year-old step-daughter over a period of one year at his rented house in Sheetal Nagar area of the town, which is also the hometown of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.