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She sought help fromresidents who gave her clothes and called the policeA 25-year-oldis alleged to have been disrobed by a gang of three car-borne robbers on the Bengaluru-Doddaballapura Road on Thursday, January 16. The victim is said to have come to a hospital in the city to get treatment for kidney stones. According to her complaint to the police, she was travelling in a cab from Kammanahalli towards Kothanur and the three accused who were in a car are alleged to have driven the car towards the airport and robbed her at knife point. They then removed her clothes and made her get down in the outskirts of the city. The victim who was completely naked, walked to a farm house and took the help of the occupants who then informed the matter to the police.The victim, said to be from East Africa, had come to the city five days before the incident took place. She is said to have told the police the name of the hospital where she had come to get treatment for kidney stones. On Thursday around 10 pm, she claims to have booked a cab from Kammanahalli to Kothanur.Enroute, the three unidentified men who were in the cab threatened her at knife point. After outraging her modesty and driving around, the three accused snatched her purse with cash, a mobile phone and gold ornaments. The police are investigating how she came to share the car with the three men and if the taxi belonged to a cab aggregator.“The accused after disrobing her left her on the road near Alahalli, in Doddaballapura taluk, in the wee hours of Friday. Around 4.15 am, she walked to a farmhouse in Alahalli and sought help from the residents there. The occupants gave her clothes and then reported the matter to the police. A team of women police officers who went to the farm house took her to the Doddaballapura government hospital for a medical check-up. The victim’s statement has been recorded in the hospital and a complaint has been registered around 7 am, on January 17,” said an officer who is investigating the case.WhenMirror checked with the hospital in HRBR Layout where she was supposed to have registered for treatment, the receptionist went through the records from January 11th and said her name was not found in the hospital record.The police further stated that they are checking on the sequence of the events to understand the case.“The victim claims that she got into the car of a particular cab aggregator, which is being verified. In all probability, the accused could have taken her to different places before dropping her near Doddabalapura. The distance between HRBR Layout and Alahalli in Doddaballapura is about 40 kilometres and it is a 1.5 hour drive. We are going through the footage in Kammanahalli and also on the road connecting to Doddaballapura to get more details about the car in which she was robbed,” the officer added.The police are also in the process of checking how long she has been in New Delhi and what was the purpose of her visit to the country. No arrests have been made yet.A case of criminal force to woman with the intention of disrobing or compelling her to be naked (IPC 354B), criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC 354) and causing hurt in committing robbery (IPC 394) have been registered against the three accused.The Doddaballapura Rural police have registered a case and investigations are on.