2 min readSrinagarUpdated: Jul 29, 2026 06:18 PM IST
A 21-year-old woman has alleged that she was gangraped by two men earlier this month, police said.
In a police complaint filed on July 25, the woman alleged that, 22 days earlier, she was gangraped by two men, 22-year-old Shakir Ahmad Lone and 27-year-old Mohammad Ashraf Dar, while on an outing with a friend. The two suspects are now in custody.
The entire incident was allegedly recorded on their phones.
“The victim and her friend were walking in the forests in the Dragbal area of North Kashmir when the two accused started following them,” Baramulla Senior Superintendent of Police Gurinderpal Singh said. “They began harassing the victim and her friend. Then they beat up the woman and the man and chased the man away from the scene. They then restrained the lady and took turns to rape her.”
During the course of the investigation, “the complainant was able to tell us that they were referring to each other as Shakir and Ashraf,” Singh said. Sustained searches and intelligence inputs led to the two suspects, Lone and Dar. The two men, residents of Jalsheeri in Baramulla, worked as drivers.
The two have been booked for gang rape [Section 70(1)] and criminal intimidation [Section 351(2)] of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
Police said that during sustained interrogation, “both disclosed their involvement in the commission of the offence.” The mobile phone allegedly used to record the crime has also been recovered from their possession.
Further investigation is underway to collect scientific, medical, digital and other corroborative evidence in accordance with the law, SSP Singh said.