Indian woman gang-raped after being quarantined alone in school

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An Indian woman was allegedly gang-raped in a school in the desert state of Rajasthan where she had been quarantined for a night by the police amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Reuters quoted a police official as saying.

According to the Times of India, the victim had been stuck in Sawai Madhopur for a month due to the lockdown and had decided to walk to her residence in Jaipur.

The victim, aged between 40-45 years, said in a statement to the police that she had been walking for several days before she reached a village where she was raped.

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