A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped twice by seven men on August 26 under Mandar police station area about 45 km from the state headquarter, police said on Sunday. The shocking thing is that the victim was gang raped by her friend, a munhbola brother and their friends.
The FIR was lodged on Friday after the victim informed her family about this heinous crime. Among accused four are minors out of whom one is said to be the friend of the victim.
Ranchi SP (Rural), Naushad Alam informed that on the basis of the statement of the victim an FIR was lodged under sections of IPC and POCSO Act. Besides, the medical test was also conducted upon the victim. Meanwhile, police have apprehended all four minor accused. Police said that the age determination test will also be conducted upon arrested accused to ascertain their age. Raids are going to arrest the remaining three accused.
The initial investigation revealed that one of the minor accused, who was friends with the victim, asked her to come to a specific location. The boy was waiting about half km away from her residence. When the victim came here, she found two other boys accompanying her friend. They forcefully took her to the forest where they snatched her mobile and raped one by one. She unsuccessfully tried to run away from their clutches. After two hours, they returned her mobile phone after which the victim called her munhbola brother.
What she explained to the police was more shocking. That munh bola brother of the victim picked her from the forest and took her to his home for safety. But here she was raped by her munh bola brother and his three friends the whole night. In the morning she somehow managed to reach her home.
According to police the victim, who is a student of class seventh came in touch with that minor during the marriage ceremony of her mausi held in March. They exchanged their contact number and began to talk. She said that he was insisting to meet her hence when he called her she agreed to meet unaware of his bad intention.