Hyderabad Police Register Case Over Woman’s Assault Allegations

Hyderabad police registered a case after an 18-year-old woman from Myanmar alleged that her husband confined her and three of his friends sexually assaulted her. Police said the allegations are under investigation. They did not establish the alleged crimes as fact in the reports of the case. The woman told police that the abuse took place over a period of months at a rented house in Hyderabad. She alleged that her husband locked her inside and sent his friends into the house, where they sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions. She also said two of the men threatened her if she disclosed the alleged assaults. According to her complaint, the house owner found her locked inside on October 23 when he arrived to collect rent. He broke open the lock, and she contacted relatives and went to stay with one of them. On October 26, a relative accompanied her to Kanchanbagh Police Station, where she filed the complaint. Police registered a case under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita relating to rape, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation. The complaint names the husband and three friends as accused. The legal charges reflect the allegations and are not findings of...