Assam gangrape
Minor girl gang-raped in Assam’s Kokrajhar, three arrested
Guwahati/IBNS: Police arrested three young men who allegedly raped a 16-year-old minor girl in Assam’s Kokrajhar district.
According to police, the minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by three accused persons on Monday evening under the Salakati police outpost in Kokrajhar district while she was on her way back home from a shop.
Surjeet Singh Panesar, Additional Superintendent of Police of Kokrajhar district, said that police have arrested all three accused persons within 12 hours of the incident.
“After conducting medical checkup, we have recorded the statements from the victim girl under Section 164. We will produce the accused persons before the court and will seek remand. We will submit the charge sheet within 15 days,” Surjeet Singh Panesar said.
A case has been registered at Kokrajhar police station under the POCSO Act.
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