A nineteen-year-old CBSE topper from a village near Rewari in Haryana has alleged that she was kidnapped and gang-raped while returning from her coaching class. The teenager, who was felicitated by the President after she topped the CBSE board exam, was returning from a coaching center in Kanina in Mahendragarh district of Haryana when the incident took place.

An official of Women Police station, Rewari, told PTI that a ‘zero FIR’ was lodged on the complaint of the woman, and the investigation was being conducted by the Mahendergarh police as the incident occurred under their jurisdiction.

Zero FIR can be filed in any police station, irrespective of place of incident or jurisdiction and the same can be later transferred to the concerned Police Station.

The survivor told the police that the accused kidnapped her on Wednesday and took her to a secluded place in their car where she was gangraped after being offered a drink laced with sedatives.