Minor Gang Raped In Madhya Pradesh Village, Four Arrested

The minor was reportedly abducted by Raju on May 29 when she had gone to attend nature's call

Updated on: 24 July 2018 1:50 pm

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by four men in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, the police said on Tuesday.

All the four accused, identified as Sukha Tomar, Sonpal Tomar, Ankit Tomar and Dadua Tomar, were arrested last evening, Nagar police station in-charge Jiten Sharma said.

The accused, aged between 25 to 30 years, abducted the girl on Sunday evening when she had gone out of her house in Kuretha village to attend nature's call.

They took her to a field outside the village where they allegedly raped her before fleeing from the spot, Sharma said.

The girl managed to reach home and narrated her ordeal to her parents, who filed a police complaint yesterday, he said.

All the accused, residents of the same village, have been booked under sections 376(D) (gang-rape) and 363 (abduction) of the IPC and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.

PTI