Ghaziabad woman arrested for levelling false charge of brutal gang-rape

She has levelled such charges previously too.

Police said her latest allegation was found to be false and she had changed her statements several times in previous cases.

Her husband is also in jail based on one of the complaints she filed.

Officials said the woman filed three FIRs and changed her statements several times, even submitting applications seeking that the complaints filed by her be withdrawn.

According to the police, her last FIR, in which she alleged to be brutally gang-raped by her husband's friends and that a bottle had been inserted in her private parts, was found to be false. She was then arrested on Friday.

In June last year, the woman, who was in a live-in relationship with Vikas Tyagi, a resident of Ghaziabad's Kavi Nagar, alleged that he had raped her on the pretext of marrying her.

She claimed to be pregnant at the time and the child had died due to the sexual assault by Tyagi, who had kicked her in the stomach.

The woman repeated her allegations in her first statement but changed it before a judicial magistrate, officials said.

In her second statement, she said that the relationship was consensual and Tyagi had only beaten her, but they had come to an agreement outside court about that.

She also said that she had suffered a miscarriage as she had not followed her doctor's advice.

In August, the woman approached the police again and said she had changed her statement in the June case due to death threats from Tyagi, his brother-in-law, and one of his friends.

As per police, she submitted an application letter the same month stating that she had married Tyagi and requested that action be stopped on her earlier complaint. She also uploaded a video saying the same thing.

Four months later, in January, she submitted complaints and filed an FIR stating that Tyagi and her mother had got the wedding conducted in an incomplete manner and he had raped her on the pretext of marriage.

She also said Tyagi had thrashed her and tried to set her ablaze by pouring alcohol on her. Later she claimed to be gang-raped by him and two of his friends.

While investigations revealed that the gang rape accusations were false, her medical report showed evidence of burn injuries. Tyagi was arrested on February 17 and is in jail.

On Tuesday, the woman made her most serious allegation yet, claiming that three of Tyagi's friends kidnapped her when she was on her way to the market, made her numb by injecting some substance into her, and took turns raping her.

She also alleged that they put some chemicals on her neck, inserted a bottle in her private parts, and threw her on a garbage heap near Mehrauli Gate.

She claimed the incident took place on Monday. However, when the police checked the CCTV footage, they found that she had left her house around 8.30 pm, sat in a car later, and was dropped at home around 10.19 pm. She was seen walking normally to her flat.

The call records and location details of Tyagi's friends, who were named by the woman, revealed that they were not present at the scene of the alleged crime.

During her medical checkup, the chemical that she claimed was poured on her neck also appeared to have been applied with cotton.