Two men allegedly gang-raped a woman after lacing her cold drink with sedatives at a hotel in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district.

A resident of Meerut, the victim in her complaint said she befriended a man on Instagram who offered to help her get a bank job where he claimed to work.

The accused allegedly asked the woman to come to Dehradun on the promise of a job. Later, she was directed by the man’s accomplice to Thanabhavan in Uttar Pradesh, where she met the accused.

The woman alleged that they gave her a cold drink laced with sedatives and then took her to a hotel where they gang-raped her.

A case has been registered based on the woman’s complaint and police have started an investigation.