Thursday, July 21 2005 18:58 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Expressing serious concern over the alleged rape of a 23-year-old housewife in New Delhi yesterday (July 20, 2005), Home Minister Shivraj Patil today (July 21, 2005) summoned Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul to enquire about investigations into such cases in the recent past.

"The Home Minister has taken very seriously yesterday's (July 20, 2005) rape and asked the Delhi Police Commissioner to come to his office (in North Block)," sources said.

Patil would discuss with Paul the progress made in the investigation into rape cases in the capital, including that of a Delhi University student in Dhaula Kuan in May last, the sources said.

Police is preparing sketches of the accused on the basis of description given by two women who witnessed the abduction of the victim from Mayapuri area by four men around 5 a.m. yesterday. The victim was allegedly gang raped in a moving car and later dumped in Pitampura area here.

The woman was then taken to a hospital where medical examination confirmed rape.