Patna: Two minor girls were allegedly gang-raped by seven people at a village in Bihar’s Vaishali district, police said on Thursday, adding that they have arrested at least one of the accused.
The minor girls had come to celebrate the Holi festival with relatives in the village. The incident took place on Wednesday evening when they were on their way to the market with one of the relatives, said police.
Preliminary investigation revealed at least six to seven people thrashed the relative, forcibly took the minor girls to an agriculture field and gang-raped them.
Police said that hours after the incident, the minor girls somehow reached their relative’s place and narrated the whole incident to them.
Police said that a complaint was filed by the relatives and a first information report was lodged on the basis of the statement given by the minor girls.
All the accused have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 376 D (gang rape), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 besides relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), said police.
Vaishali superintendent of police (SP) Harkishore Rai said that the minor girls have been sent for medical examination and their statement will be recorded before the judicial magistrate.
