Minor girl gang-raped by four in UP’s Bareilly

BAREILLY: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by four youngsters when she was on her way to collect passport-sized photographs from a local studio for her school admission form in the CB Ganj area of Bareilly district on Wednesday. Police have registered an FIR against all the accused and two have been detained so far.
The girl and all the accused belong to the CB Ganj area. The girl’s father told police that her daughter was walking towards the photo studio when the main accused, identified as Mohit, 18, and his three accomplices stopped her near the railway ground. They then dragged her to an abandoned place and took turns to rape her. The girl - in severe trauma - returned home with her clothes torn and bruises. She was profusely crying, and narrated her ordeal to her father.
In his complaint, the minor girl’s father also alleged that the young men had thrashed his daughter and filmed the sexual assault on their mobile phone. Police, however, are yet to include any section of the IT Act due to "lack of evidence".
“The girl was in a state of complete shock. We have registered an FIR against Mohit, Sumit Singh, Ankit Gupta and an unidentified person under IPC sections 376-D (gang rape) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) along with sections 5 and 6 of the POCSO Act. After the initial probe, we found that the girl went to meet Mohit, someone she knew, when three of his accomplices raped her," CB Ganj SHO Bachoo Singh told TOI.
"Two of the accused have been detained. Relevant sections of the IPC will be added after recovering the mobile phones. The girl's statement has been recorded. She will be sent for medical tests and further treatment,” the SHO added.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)