Teen gang-raped, 1 held

A 17-year-old differently abled girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a flat in Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on Wednesday night, the police said on Thursday.

One accused, identified as Baghpat resident Ravi, has been arrested and the police are checking footage from CCTV cameras installed in the area to identify the others. The police said she was waiting for an auto at old bus stand at Sihani Gate on Wednesday.

“She was on the way home from office around 11 p.m. She had boarded a shared auto from the bus stand to her house in Nandgram. Only two persons, including the auto driver, were in the auto,” the police said.

They said the driver allegedly did not stop at Nandgram and the two men forcefully took her to their friend’s apartment in Garima Garden Society in Sahibabad and took turns to rape her. Her cries for help alerted the neighbours.

“The neighbours called the police. Ravi was arrested but the others fled,” said a police officer.

A case has been registered based on a complaint by the victim. She has been sent for medical examination.