Jhansi: Minor dragged inside hostel, raped by polytechnic student

JHANSI: A 17-year girl was allegedly raped by a polytechnic student on Sunday. The girl alleged in her complaint stated that around a dozen students of the polytechnic forcibly took her inside the campus where one of them raped her on Sunday. She also alleged that the accused had extorted money from her, thrashed the boy whom she went to meet and filmed her objectionable video.
The incident took place on the International Day of Girl Child inside the polytechnic campus where provincial civil services (PCS) exam was being held amidst heavy police protection.
According to SSP Jhansi, Dinesh Kumar P, the victim had gone to her friend, a boy, when over a dozen students approached them. They forcibly took them inside the hostel campus where they manhandled the victim and thrashed her friend. Besides extorting Rs 2000 from the girl, one of the students raped her while the others filmed objectionable video of the duo.
“When some police personnel, who were passing near the campus heard the cries of the victim, they took her to Sipree Bazar police station. The girl who was in a trauma, revealed the entire ordeal to the police and identified one of the accused as Bharat”, the SSP said.
Talking to TOI on phone, principal of the polytechnic Naveen Kumar said, “The accused are second year students of the polytechnic whose actual identities are yet to be established. It has to be ascertained whether they are hostellers or not. There is only one security guard for the entire campus whose whereabouts are not known as he was busy with the PCS exams going in the college on Sunday”.
On the other hand, the SSP said police have lodged an FIR against main accused Rohit Saini and Bharat and other 10-15 unknown persons under sections 120B, 376-D, 395, 386, 323 of the IPC, section 66D of the IT Act and section 3/4 of Posco Act.
He said the main accused Rohit Saini and Bharat have been arrested. “Three police teams have been constituted to apprehend the other accused, The girl has been sent for medical examination. The college administration has been asked to identify the accused and give their details”, the SSP added.