In-laws booked on rape charge

Tribune News Service

Ambala, October 20

The local police on Saturday booked five persons on the charges of criminal intimidation and rape. 

In a complaint to the police, a Shahzadpur-based woman said she was married to Rajesh, a resident of Shahazadpur eight years ago. “After the marriage, my husband and in-laws started ill-treating me. My brother-in-law and husband’s cousin had bad intentions.”

She accused her brother-in-law and husband’s cousin of raping her.  “When I informed my husband about it, I was assaulted,” she added. The accused have been identified as Rajesh (husband),  father-in-law Ajaib Singh, mother-in-law Jarnailo Devi, brother-in-law Mukesh and her husband’s cousin Praveen.