Bolted in, brutalised for months: 18-year-old refugee locked up and raped by four men in Hyderabad | Hyderabad News
HYDERABAD: Police have booked four men for confining an 18-year-old refugee to a rented house in Kanchanbagh and raping her repeatedly over the past five months. A case was registered on Monday following the survivor’s complaint, and a search is on for the accused.According to police, the main accused, himself a refugee living in a camp in the city, brought the teenager from Bangladesh to Hyderabad illegally in May 2026. He was already married but concealed this from her. After bringing her to Hyderabad, he married her and kept her locked inside a rented house.“He is already married but lied to the victim about his marital status. After coming to Hyderabad, he married the teenager and confined her to a rented house,” said Kanchanbagh Inspector J Balaraju. Police said he also allowed three of his friends, all refugees, to rape her during this period.The case came to light on October 23, when the landlord went to the house to collect overdue rent. Finding the door bolted from outside, he broke it open around 10 pm and found the young woman alone. He then helped her contact relatives living in a refugee camp in the city.“After hearing what she had gone through, they brought her to the police on Monday,” said Rajendranagar DCP S Srinivas.Police recorded her statement at the Bharosa centre and sent her for a medical examination. The four accused have been booked under Sections 64(2)(m) (rape), 127(4) (wrongful confinement) and 351 (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Some of them have reportedly been taken into custody.
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