Police on Thursday arrested three persons, including a juvenile, for allegedly gang-raping a 12-year-old minor girl in Keonjhar district on Wednesday night.
According to reports, the three accused raped the girl late at night at a village under the Ghatagaon police limits in the district. The accused persons forcibly took the girl to a nearby farmland when she was watching a folk Badi Pala show at around 11.30 pm and raped her taking turns. The rapists also tried to thrash the girl to death, but the victim managed to escape from the spot.
The victim’s family members filed a complaint about the incident at the Ghatagaon PS on Thursday morning. The police arrested all the three accused and began the process to forward them to court.