2020 Patna-Bhabua Intercity Express gang rape

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2020 Patna-Bhabua Intercity Express gang rape
Date20 January 2020
Time10:30 pm IST (UTC+05:30)
Location Bihar India
ConvictedBirendra Prakash Singh
Dipak Singh
ConvictionsRape, Kidnapping

The 2020 Patna-Bhabua Intercity Express gang rape case involved a rape that occurred on 20 January 2020 on the Patna-Bhabua Intercity Express, near Bhabua Road railway station in Bihar. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The incident took place when a 22-year-old HIV positive woman was returning to her home after medical check up at Gaya. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Incident

The victim, a 22-year-old woman, was returning home on the night of 20 January 2020 after a check up, as she was undergoing treatment for HIV. [2] She boarded at Gaya Junction railway station.

Two men, Birendra Prakash Singh and Dipak Singh, overpowered and raped her; they filmed the entire incident, which occurred as the train approached its last stop. [2]

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