JHANSI: A four-year-old girl sleeping with her mother was gang raped by two men in
Banda district on Wednesday morning.
The incident was reported from village Mansoori under Girwa police station.
On Wednesday at around 3am, the girl was sleeping with her mother in the veranda of her house when two men of the same village, Natthu (38) and Lallu (21), picked her up.
They took her to a nearby place and repeatedly raped her. Later on, they abandoned her and left the place.The girl somehow managed to reach her parents and narrated the entire incident to them, after which the family members approached the police.
An FIR was lodged against both the accused under section 376D IPC, 6 POCSO and section 325 SC ST Act.
The survivor was admitted to a local government hospital from where she was later on referred to Kanpur in critical condition. By afternoon both the accused were caught by the police. Station officer (SO) Girwaha police station, Laljee Singh said, "We have arrested both the accused and are ensuring proper treatment for the girl."
It is the second such incident within a week. On July 6, a four-year-old girl sleeping with her parents on the footpath was kidnapped and raped by a rickshaw-puller.
Superintendent of police (SP) Banda, Shalini said, "We have already intensified the patrolling of the rural belt. I have called a meeting to discuss measures that can be taken to check such incidents."
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