Group of men sexually assault woman in Hubli

A railway woman employee in her late forties was allegedly sexually assaulted by a group of persons at her Railway quarters here, a senior police official said.

Hubli-Dharwad Police Commissioner B A Padmanayan said the woman in her complaint alleged that a gang of four to five persons barged into her room at night and sexually assaulted her.

The victim, a peon at the Hubli Division of the South-Western Railway, said that after the sexual assault she fell unconscious and found herself in the Railways Hospital, Padmanayan said.

Padmanayan said no arrests of been made so far. A case had been registered and a search was on for the accused, he said. The police were waiting for the recuperation of the victim to elicit further information, Padmanayan said.