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  • Teenage girl gang-raped in car in Nagpur; two held 

    By PTI

    NAGPUR: A teenage girl was allegedly raped by two persons in a car in Nagpur district of Maharashtra after they gave her lift in the vehicle, police said on Wednesday.

    The incident took place in the Saoner area, around 40 km from here, on Monday evening and accused have been arrested, they said.

    According to the police, the accused gave lift to the 17-year-old victim in their car, parked the vehicle in an isolated spot and raped her.

    NAGPUR: A teenage girl was allegedly raped by two persons in a car in Nagpur district of Maharashtra after they gave her lift in the vehicle, police said on Wednesday.

    The incident took place in the Saoner area, around 40 km from here, on Monday evening and accused have been arrested, they said.

    According to the police, the accused gave lift to the 17-year-old victim in their car, parked the vehicle in an isolated spot and raped her.

  • Minor diagnosed with 7 months pregnancy, alleged rapist held

    By PTI

    KOTA: A 27-year-old man has been held for allegedly repeatedly raping a minor girl, who was diagnosed with seven months of pregnancy after she complained of ache in abdomen, police said Tuesday.

    The 16-year-old victim and the accused are neighbours in a village that falls under Khatoli police station here, they said.

    According to the complaint, the man had been raping the girl, a Class 9 student, since April this year.

    The victim’s mother and brother were away and her father would be in the fields when the accused would exploit her.

    On October 18, the girl suffered from abdomen ache and her parents took her to a local hospital, where the doctors found that she was seven months pregnant, prompting her parents to report to police.

    On October 17, a case was lodged under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the ST/SC Act against the accused.

    Since then, the 27-year-old had been on the run.

    A special team, formed by Superintendent of Police (SP) Kavendra Singh Sagar under ASP Praveen Jain arrested the accused in the matter on Monday night and initiated further investigation into the case.

    The girl told police that her mother went to Jaipur for her treatment on April 12 this year, Station House Officer (SHO) Rameshwar Prasad said.

    Her brother accompanied her mother, she said.

    Her father would be in the fields working till evening every day and she would be alone at home in the day time, she added.

    The survivor has alleged that the accused threatened her of dire consequences if she told anyone about having been raped.

    The accused would be produced before court later in the day on Tuesday, the SHO said, adding, the girl’s medical examination has been conducted and her statements recorded under section 164 were also recorded.

    Further investigation in the case is on.

  • 65-year-old man rapes minor girl in Maharashtra’s Jalna; arrested

    By PTI

    JALNA: A elderly man allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl at a village in Maharashtra’s Jalna district, police said on Wednesday.

    The incident took place on Tuesday following which the 65-year-old accused, who has five children and grandchildren, was arrested late at night, an official from Badnapur police station said.

    The victim used to live in the house of her maternal uncle and the accused also resided in the neighbourhood.

    While the girl was feeding hens on Tuesday, the man allegedly gagged her and forcefully took her to his house where he raped her, the official said, adding that the accused then fled from the village.

    The girl later informed about the incident to her uncle who lodged a police complaint, he said.

    A police team rushed to the village and the victim was sent for medical examination.

    The accused was nabbed late at night and a case was registered against him under relevant sections, the official said.

  • UP: Minor girl gangraped in front of brother, act videotaped

    By PTI
    MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a village here by four men in front of her younger brother who was held at gunpoint by the accused, police said, adding they made a video of the act to threaten the victim.

    The incident took place on Friday night at the victim’s house when her parents were away in the village that falls under Phugana police station.

    The accused – Rahib, Sahib, Arif and Maruf – who are residents of the same village, have absconded, police said. The victim was left unconscious and her brother narrated the incident to police.

    A case has been registered against the four men under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Deputy Superintendent of Police Sharad Chandra Sharma said.

  • Two-and-a-half-year-old girl raped in Himachal; minor apprehended

    By PTI
    SHIMLA: A two-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a boy here, police said.

    Shimla Superintendent of Police Mohit Chawla said the accused school boy has been apprehended.

    A case was registered under IPC section 376 (rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act following a complaint by the victim’s mother, he said.

    “The boy will be sent to an observation home according to the rules of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015,” he said.

    The victim’s mother told police that the boy had taken the girl child to the fields under the pretext of playing with her.

    He then raped the girl.

    The child’s mother rushed to the fields on listening her daughter’s cry, police said, adding that the accused fled from the spot.