Thane, September 6: Three persons, among them a woman, have been arrested for allegedly drugging a 22-year-old woman and raping her at a birthday party in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred in an apartment in the Shirgaon area of Badlapur on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, an official said.

Based on a complaint, the police have arrested the accused, Santosh Shivram Rupavate (40), Shivam Sanjay Raje (23), and Aliska alias Bhumika Ravindra Meshram (20), he said. Aliska had allegedly invited the victim to her house for her birthday party, and the other two accused were already present there. After the party, the two men started consuming alcohol in the bedroom, the official said. Thane Shocker: Man Shows Porn Video to Minor Girl in Public Toilet in Ambernath, Arrested for Sexual Harassment.

When the victim got up to leave, she complained of uneasiness, and the accused woman offered her a lemonade, he said. The drink was allegedly laced with a sedative, and the victim started feeling giddy after consuming it, the official said. Thane Shocker: Man Held for Molesting 11-Year-Old Differently-Abled Girl at Civic Hospital in Kalwa.

One of the men allegedly raped the victim in the bathroom and left her unconscious, he said. The accused have been booked under sections 64 (rape) and 123 (causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.

Women and Child Helpline Numbers:

Childline India – 1098; Women’s Helpline – 181; National Commission for Women Helpline – 112; National Commission for Women Helpline Against Violence – 7827170170; Police Women / Senior Citizen Helpline – 1091/ 1291; Missing Child and Women – 1094.

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