In a ghastly incident, a minor, a Class VII student, was gang-raped by two persons in Bahadarabad, Haridwar on Friday evening when she had gone out to attend nature’s call. Police are yet to arrest the accused. However, they have been identified as Mukesh and Jaun Singh, local residents and of around 22 years age, said Pradeep Bisht, Bahadrabad police station in-charge.
Haridwar police said that they had come to learn on Saturday that a 12- year- old girl had been allegedly gang raped by two persons. The crime had occurred when she had gone out in the open field on nature’s call. The accused duo had warned her of dire consequences if she dared disclose it to anyone, police said. The survivor narrated the incident to her family members after she reached home in the evening.
Her family members registered a complaint in the police station. Taking cogniance of this, a case under sections 376 (d) was registered against the accused in the police station, Bahadrabad. The medical of minor was conducted which ascertained that she was sexually assaulted by two persons. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act would be added in FIR after receiving age certification of survivor, Bisht said. A team has been formed to investigate the case, he said, adding that the accused would soon be arrested, he added.
It should be mentioned here that in Haridwar, a 12- year- old girl had been raped and murdered by unidentified persons in a sugarcane field near Bhatta Colony under Pathri police station when she had gone to respond to nature’s call in the open on January 7, 2014. The common people are scared with such rare crimes happening now in Haridwar district. “We are really scared not just because of the criminals prowling around to prey on the girls but because of the police failing to instill fear in the criminals,” said a scared resident of the village where the crime occurred.