A 23-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in a moving car after she was abducted by unidentified youths from the posh Raj Guru Nagar locality in Ludhiana, Punjab police said today.   

Commissioner of Police Promod Ban said the incident occurred last night when the girl, who is staying as a paying guest in the locality, was returning home after seeing off a female friend who also stays as a PG near her place.   

While she was returning, a car stopped near her and the occupants forced her inside the car, he added. The victim, who is said to be working at a hotel, told police that there were three persons in the car and two of whom raped her inside the moving car, Ban said. She was later dropped near the same locality, he added.

The commissioner said a case of abduction and gang-rape has been registered against the three unidentified persons and footage from the CCTV camera installed in the locality are being checked.