{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Woman lured to cleric to cure son's 'evil spirit' allegedly gang-raped in Haryana's Nuh, five arrested",
  "summary": "A woman in Haryana's Nuh district was allegedly gang-raped by a cleric and his associates after being lured to his hideout on the pretext of treating her child. Police have arrested five accused, including the cleric.",
  "content": "A woman in Haryana's Nuh district was allegedly gang-raped after she was lured to a cleric's hideout on the pretext of treating her young child, police said. Five men, including the cleric, have been arrested in connection with the case.\n\nLured to the cleric's den on the pretext of a cure\nAccording to the complaint filed with police, the woman had gone to a maulvi in Mathepur village of Palwal district seeking treatment for her child. She alleged that the cleric told her that her child was under the shadow of an \"evil spirit\" and asked her to come the following day to his hideout in Khori village in the Tauru area of Nuh district for the treatment. She said that once she arrived there, she was told the treatment could only be carried out after sunset. While she waited, she was given a drink, after which she lost consciousness.\n\nWoke up locked inside a room\nThe woman alleged that when she regained consciousness, she found herself locked inside a room. She claimed the maulvi and the other men involved held her captive there and gang-raped her.\n\nThreatened with her child's murder to stay silent\nPer the complaint, the accused threatened to kill her child if she spoke up, forcing her into silence. The woman told police she was then moved between several locations, her mobile SIM card was destroyed, and she was not allowed any contact with her family, cutting her off from any chance of raising an alarm.\n\nEscaped with her child on the night of June 23\nThe woman said that on the night of June 23, she found a chance to flee the accused's clutches along with her child and reached home, where she narrated the entire ordeal to her family, who then approached the police. She alleged, \"The accused circulated my obscene photos and videos on social media and kept threatening me.\"\n\nAll five held, investigation underway\nBased on her complaint, police registered a case and arrested all five accused, including the maulvi. Rajesh Kumar, the in-charge of Sadar Tauru police station, said the matter is being investigated further.\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Across India: The case is a reminder to stay wary of claims about 'evil spirit' cures or faith healing that lure people, especially women and children, to isolated locations.\n• In Haryana: With five accused arrested in the Nuh area, local police scrutiny of unregulated healers operating out of remote hideouts is likely to increase.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Where did this incident happen?\nThe case is from Haryana's Nuh district, with the woman taken from Mathepur village in Palwal district to the cleric's hideout in Khori village in the Tauru area of Nuh.\n\n2. How many people have been arrested so far?\nPolice have arrested five accused in total, including the maulvi.\n\n3. Why did the woman go to the cleric?\nShe went to him seeking treatment for her child, whom the cleric claimed was under the shadow of an 'evil spirit'.\n\n4. What happened to her while she was held captive?\nShe alleges that after regaining consciousness she found herself locked in a room, where the maulvi and other accused held her captive and gang-raped her.\n\n5. How did the woman escape?\nShe managed to flee the accused's clutches with her child on the night of June 23 and reached home, where she told her family the full story.\n\n6. How did the accused force her to stay silent?\nThey threatened to kill her child, destroyed her mobile SIM card, and did not let her contact her family.\n\n7. Who is investigating the case?\nRajesh Kumar, in-charge of the Sadar Tauru police station, said the matter is being investigated.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/haryana/nuh-men-jhara-phunka-ke-nama-para-mahila-ke-satha-gaingarepa-maulavi-sameta-5-giraphtara-13582",
  "category": "Haryana",
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-04",
  "tags": [
    "Nuh gang rape",
    "Haryana crime",
    "cleric arrested",
    "Tauru Khori village",
    "Palwal Mathepur",
    "evil spirit treatment"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}