UP: Two carpet firm employees held colleague's wife captive, raped her in Bhadohi

BHADOHI (UP): (Mar 30) Two employees of a carpet export firm allegedly barged into the rented room of their colleague here and raped his 32-year-old wife, police said on Monday.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhinav Tyagi said the woman's husband, from the city kotwali area, works at a carpet export firm in the Gopiganj area and lives with his wife in a rented room nearby due to proximity to his workplace.

The incident took place on March 25, when she was alone at home after her husband had left home for work-related reasons. The accused, Heera Lal (32) and Vivekanand Singh (35), both colleagues of the woman's husband, then entered the house, gagged her, and took turns raping her, the SP said.