A minor girl was sexually assaulted by three persons in the wee hours on Friday at Itwara under Talaiya police station area.
According to the Talayia police at around 4 am when the victim went to attend nature’s call the three miscreants with the ill intentions of outraging her modesty grabbed her and took her to their house.
When the accused were committing the crime, she raised an alarm which alerted her brother and his wife who rushed to rescue the victim. They found that the accused have bolted the room from inside which was broke open by the locals and the family members of the victim.
Out of the three miscreants two managed to escape the spot while the main accused Daulatram Mahawar was nabbed by the locals and was handed over to the police.
The three accused were identified as Daulatram Mahawar, Pradeep Mahawar and Annu of the same locality. During the investigation it was found that Daulatram owns a floor mill while Annu works at a butcher shop.
Pradeep used to work at a shop. Daulatram was the main accused as he the one who planned and provoked the other two accomplices told the police.
Police have grilled Daulatram but he was not able to provide details of the whereabouts of the two accomplices. After which the police have intensified the search for the absconding accused.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC and sections 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences 2012.