The two more persons — Turia Tirkey and Mangra Toppo — accused of raping a 16-year-old girl, were arrested on Wednesday by the Ratu police.
The police had arrested eight persons, accused in the case, mostly minors, on Tuesday after an FIR was lodged at Ratu police station by the girl’s family members on Monday late evening, taking the total number of offenders to 10.
“The remaining two accused persons — Turia Tirkey and Mangra Toppo — have also been arrested from Itki and Banhora near Ranchi. They have been sent to jail after producing them before the court,” said SSP Bheemsen Tuti.
According to the SSP, out of 10 accused persons arrested in the case, seven are minors, including a 12-year-old boy, will be dealt with accordingly by the court.
“Three of them have been sent to jail while the other seven minors were sent to the remand home,” he added.The arrested persons are from the nearby Banhora and Kamre villages under Ratu police station who are said to have confessed to their crime.
Mission-24, as coined by the city police to crack the gruesome rape incident, gets completed with the arrest of the two accused persons. “As all the 10 accused persons in the Kamde gang rape got arrested, Mission 24 is complete now,” said Rural SP SK Jha.