A seventeen-year-old girl, a Class X student, was allegedly raped by three youths in Kandi of the district on Sunday night.The girl has been sent for medical examination. "Following a complaint by the victim, all the three accused were arrested and after being booked under relevant IPC sections and POCSO act have been sent to jail,” Station in-charge Kandi Niteish Kumar said.
Victim had gone to attend her friend's birthday party at Kandi when the accused took her to a Moyer cycle garage , and they all raped her. When the incident came to light, a crowd started gathering outside the garage. The garage door was locked from inside. Seeing the increasing pressure of the people, the three youths fled from the back of the garage leaving the girl alone. At the behest of the people, the victim only opened the closed shutter of the garage.
Taking quick action, the police arrested all three on the basis of mobile location.
The victim's mother said that her daughter had left the house saying that she would attend the birthday of her friend. Later it is learned that his daughter has been raped. The victim's father has already died.