The Balikuda police on Saturday arrested two youths involved in a minor girl rape at Oradanga village under Titira Panchayat in Balikuda block two days ago.
The accused were identified as Rajan Malick and Askhya Mallick of Oradanga village.
Meanwhile, the police forwarded the accused youths to court and sent the victim minor to the District Headquarters Hospital here, for medical examination on Saturday. According to the victim girl’s mother, who lodged a complaint with the police, Rajan had taken the minor to a local market on Wednesday.
However, when the girl did not return home till midnight, the family members went to Rajan’s house where they discovered the minor had lied unconscious on the floor. Basing on the victim’s information, it was known that she was sexually assaulted by Rajan and his friend Askhya.