Vadodara: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Sankheda taluka of Chhota Udepur district when she went out in the open to relieve herself in the middle of the night on Tuesday.
The accused Sanjay Bariya was nabbed when the girl shouted for help, but his two accomplices Prakash Bariya and Rakesh who were keeping a watch managed to escape.
According to police, the girl had come to her maternal uncle’s house along with her father on October 26 and they had decided to stay for the night. Around 1.30 am on Tuesday, the girl went outside the house to relieve herself. Bariya, held the girl from behind and gagged her. He dragged her at a distance from the house and threatened the girl to kill her if she would make sound.
As Bariya pushed the girl on the ground and raped her, she shouted for help hearing which her uncle and aunt woke up. Bariya tried to escape but was nabbed and later handed over to police. Bariya told cops that his friends were keeping a watch, but they did not notice the girl’s uncle and aunt coming towards him.