Sikar: On Friday, three men were arrested for allegedly raping a married woman in the absence of her husband at her home in Rajasthan's Sikar district, police said. The incident occurred on Tuesday when the woman's husband had gone out of the station to attend a wedding ceremony. 

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According to the sources, the accused were given a contract to whitewash the victim's home. Finding the woman with her son at their home, the accused climbed the first floor on a ladder and threatened to kill her son and raped the victim. The woman's in-laws were sleeping in a room at the ground floor, DSP Fatehpur Kushal Singh said.

The accused have been identified as Aakil Pinara (35) Sanif (28) and Abdul Gani (29). Aakil and Sanif raped the woman whereas Abdul waited outside to raise an alarm. They fled away after snatching her mobile phone, he added. On May 8, the woman informed her husband after he returned home following which they lodged an FIR against the three, police said.

All three accused were booked under IPC section 458 (trespass or house-breaking by night), 376D (gang-rape), 392 (theft) and 34 (common intention). The accused were presented in the court from where they were sent to police remand till May 14 and the woman was examined by a medical board, they said. 

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