A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two minors and an 18-year-old man in Ghaziabad on Wednesday, police said on Thursday, adding that a case of abduction and gang-rape had been registered.
Police details the incident
Her mother subsequently filed a complaint at the Wave City police station. From there, the three allegedly abducted her and took her to the house of a relative of one of the minor suspects. It is alleged that the incident happened there, in a secluded room outside the house. The girl was allowed to leave an hour later and she walked back home as her house was nearby.
Police said the two minors are aged 16 and 17. The sexual assault took place around 2.30pm on Wednesday, after which the girl returned home and told her family about the incident, according to police. “Based on a complaint, the police registered an FIR under sections 137(2) (kidnapping) and 70(2) (gang-rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, as well as provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, at the Wave City police station. On Thursday, the minors were taken into custody and the 18-year-old man was arrested. The two minors were taken into custody and the 18-year-old man was arrested on Thursday from the same locality where the incident allegedly took place, police said.
The medical examination of the girl was also conducted,” said Priyashri Pal, assistant commissioner of police, Wave City . When her parents asked her why she was late, she told them that she had been sexually assaulted,” said an officer involved in the investigation. “According to the complaint, the girl left home by herself on Wednesday afternoon to have some Chinese food from a local shop.
