Minor among 3 held for rape of 16-year-old

GHAZIABAD: Two youths were arrested and a minor boy detained on Friday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Muradnagar on Wednesday.
Tw of the accused have been identified as Zahid (21) and Mohan Pal (19).

According to police, Zahid and Mohan had waylaid the Class XI student on a desolate stretch nearly 200 metres from her house while she was returning home on her bicycle from the market after getting her notes photocopied. The minor boy had allegedly taken away the girl’s bicycle and was standing guard outside the sugarcane fields into which his accomplices had dragged the girl after gagging her with their hands.

According to the police, the minor boy had dropped out of his studies in Class IX.

“The boys knew the girl as they belonged to the same village. They have confessed that they were on friendly terms with the girl. She had also taken money from them on several occasions to recharge her mobile phone so that they could talk to each other,” said SSP Vaibhav Krishna.

The girl’s father had alleged that Zahid’s younger brother had sexually harassed his daughter nearly two months ago in a lane outside their house. He had entered into a spat with Zahid’s brother following the harassment but police was not informed.

Following the rape, the girl was sent for medical examination on Thursday and an FIR has been registered against the three youths at Muradanagar police station.