Woman claims rape by 4 in empty train coach at Panipat station

ROHTAK: A 35-year-old woman has alleged she was gang-raped by four men in the vacant coach of a stationary train in Panipat on the night of June 24 and that another train severed one of her feet as she staggered about disoriented and traumatised.

Speaking to the media on Monday, she described how a domestic dispute spiralled into a night of brutality for her and left her fighting for her life.

According to the survivor, the ordeal began on June 24 when her husband allegedly beat her after she refused sexual relations. "My three-year-old son died a month ago. I was traumatised and fearful of intimacy, but my husband kept pressuring me. When I resisted, he assaulted me and warned, 'If not with me, someone outside will rape you.' Terrified, I grabbed a few belongings and walked out into the night," she told reporters from her hospital bed in PGIMS Rohtak.

On the road, the woman says, a young man approached and offered help, assuring that she could spend the night safely with his "wife" as it was late in the night. He escorted her on foot to Panipat railway station and led her towards a deserted coach of a parked train, claiming his luggage was inside. "I hesitated, but he kept reassuring me," she recalled.

Inside the compartment, the man allegedly tried to rape her. When she tried to flee, she found three more men blocking her way. One after another, all four men raped her, ignoring her pleas for mercy, she alleged. After the attackers left, the traumatised woman wandered along the tracks toward Sonipat. Disoriented, she stepped into a pool of chemical residue near the rails; moments later, a passing train severed one of her feet. She lost consciousness and awoke in PGIMS Rohtak, where she remains under treatment.

Panipat GRP have registered a case against unknown persons under charges of gang rape and causing grievous injury. "We are taking the survivor's statement as crucial evidence and hope to make arrests soon," a senior GRP officer said. The survivor also filed a statement against her husband, alleging long-term domestic and sexual abuse.