Faridabad rape case: Battered Indian gang rape survivor back home after a week in hospital

The 26-year-old was taken to hospital with serious head and facial injuries and several fractures.

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The 26-year-old mother-of-two was taken to hospital in Faridabad city on the morning of 30 December with serious head and facial injuries and several fractures.

Her sister said she was out visiting a friend and was waiting for transport just after midnight when two men in an ambulance offered her a lift. They drove her to a deserted place where they raped her and then threw her out of the speeding vehicle.

A police spokesman said they had acted swiftly and arrested the two men and seized the vehicle.

The woman was discharged by the hospital on Monday night following treatment and surgeries.