Vadodara: A minor boy was detained and his friend was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old class X girl near Zand village in Bodeli taluka on August 30. The crime came to light on September 2 when the girl and her friend consumed pesticide. A FIR was registered under sections of rape, criminal intimidation, abetment and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Bodeli police station.
The girl and her friend were walking towards their school when her friend’s cousin and his friend approached them. They informed the two girls that they were going to Zand Hanuman Temple and asked them join them. The rape survivor went with the minor on his bike while her friend rode pillion with the other accused identified as Jitendra.
The girl told the police that on their way Jitendra and her friend sped away, while the boy took the girl in a forest where he allegedly raped her at knife point. Later both the girls were dropped at their villages and two days later both of them consumed pesticide.
While the 16-year-old girl claimed that she consumed pesticide because she was raped, her friend told the police that she did not have any reason to consume pesticide.
“The other girl has said that she was not raped therefore the FIR was registered on the basis of the complaint given by the 16-year-old girl,” said a police official.
Cops said that Jitendra was also booked as he abetted the crime. Both of them were sent to judicial custody by the police on Tuesday.
