Minor girl gang-raped in Nalanda, four held

BIHARSHARIF: A 14-year-old Mahadalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by four youths in Sarmera police station area in Nalanda district on Saturday night.

Sarmera SHO Uday Kumar said the survivor lodged an FIR on Sunday and all the four accused were arrested. Quoting the FIR, the SHO said the survivor left home on Saturday evening after her mother scolded her over some issue. The girl reached Sarmera bus stand where she met her acquaintance Vikas and accepted his offer to drop the minor on his bike at her aunt's (mother's sister) home, which was 2km from the place. On the way, Vikas also picked up one Arvind and took her to a secluded place near Ahiapur where their two more friends, Sahan Yadav of Sarmera Bazar and Bablu Kumar of Ahiapur, joined them and raped the girl. They also made a video of the heinous crime, the SHO said quoting the survivor. Vikas and Arvind also belong to Sarmera.

Nalanda SP Sudhir Kumar Porika said the survivor was sent to Biharsharif sadar hospital for medical examination.

This was the third case of such crime in Nalanda this month. On June 13, a girl from Nawada district was kidnapped by two vendors from Rajgir's Sone Bhandar area and gang-raped. She had gone to Malmas Mela at Rajgir with one of her relatives, who was scared away by her tormentors. The locals had caught one Devbarat Yadav of Gaya and handed him over to police. The SP said raids were being conducted to arrest the second accused, who had managed to escape after committing the crime.

On June 9, five persons molested a girl after she was allegedly caught kissing his boyfriend at Bherati under the Hilsa police station area. Police arrested two persons, including Srikant alias Billa who had tried to disrobe the girl. A police complaint was lodged after a video of the girl being molested had gone viral on social media on June 11.