Three booked for rape, assault of minor girl

Kanpur: The Kotwali police station of Mahoba district has booked three persons, who had allegedly raped a 16-year-old minor, assaulted her and tried to kill her by administering poison in a bid to conceal their crime.
The accused, identified as Nidesh Raikwar, Lallu Raikwar and Jai Karan, who had barged into survivor's house under Kotwali station on February 23 and allegedly raped her, are on run. When she raised alarm, the accused threatened her with dire consequences and thrashed her severely.
Fearing that she might reveal the incident to her family members, they forcibly made her consume poison. The incident came to light when her parents and siblings, who had gone to work in their agricultural fields, returned home. On finding her unconscious, they admitted her to a local hospital from where she was later referred to Jhansi medical college.
Later, on February 26, when she regained consciousness, she narrated the ordeal to her parents and siblings. On March 2, they returned to their native place in Mahoba and approached the Kotwali police and gave a complaint following which an FIR was registered against the trio, cops said. "A case was registered on Sunday against the three accused under sections 376 and 323 of IPC and Protection of Children Under Sexual Offences (Posco) Act. Raids are underway to arrest the accused", said inspector Kotwali police station Vipin Kumar Trivedi.