An 18-year-old basketball player suffered multiple fractures after three youths who allegedly tried to rape her pushed her off the roof of a stadium in Punjab’s Moga district, police said on Thursday.
The player has been admitted to a private hospital in Ludhiana where she is undergoing treatment for injuries in both legs and her jaw, they said. The incident took place on August 12, and all three accused are on the run since, the police said.
According to the complaint filed by the victim’s father, the player had gone to the stadium in Moga for practice. One of the accused, identified as Jatin Kanda, allegedly tried to rape her there.
When she resisted and tried to escape, he allegedly pushed her off from a height of around 25 feet.
A case under IPC Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 376 (rape) has been registered against Jatin and his two accomplices.
Moga senior superintendent of police Gulneet Khurana on Thursday said raids were being conducted to arrest the accused.
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