The Ranchi Police have arrested five persons for alleged gangrape of minor girl under Bundu police station area. Bundu SDPO Asok Kumar informed on Thursday that arrested persons are Raju Ahir, Amit Ahir, Sharnagat, Pankaj Ahir and one other person.
The crime was committed on Tuesday evening when the girl had gone to Bundu with her boyfriend. While she was waiting outside a lodge, five persons snatched hers and boyfriend’s mobile phones and then forcibly took her to another place to commit the crime. The criminals later handed over the girl and her mobile phone to her boy friend.
Following statement of victim the local women’s police station registered a case under section 395 and 376 (D) of Indian Penal Code and also sections 4 and 6 of POCSO Act.
“The criminals were nabbed from Ahir Tola area based on specific clues. The mobile phone which was taken away from the girl’s boy friend was also recovered. All of them have admitted committing the crime,” the Bundu SDPO said.
SDPO Bundu Asok Kumar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bundu Rajkumar Yadav, OC of Women’s police station Sangeeta Jha, assistant sub-inspectors Jeeramani Handsa, Arvind Yadav and Pradhan Hembram participated in the raids.