Two held in Ramgarh in separate cases of rape

RAMGARH: Two persons, including a minor, were arrested in two different cases of rape of minor girls in the district on Wednesday.
In the first instance, a 45-year-old man was arrested by Mandu police for allegedly raping a 5-year-old at his house during the cyclonic storm. Later, he washed the blood-stained clothes of the girl, who is his neighbour, and sent her home after asking her to hide the clothes. However, the girl fell unconscious after going home and her parents learnt about the rape when they took her to the hospital.
The parents filed a written complaint with the Mandu police station after which the police arrested the rapist, identified as Mahesh Mahto.
Ramgarh SDPO Kishore Kumar Rajak said, “We arrested the culprit soon after getting the written complaint.”
In another incident, police sent a 15-year-old boy was arrested and sent to a juvenile home after a 14-year-old girl from the West Bokaro police station area filed a complaint saying she was raped by the boy during a marriage ceremony at his home.
Rajak said they took custody of the boy and sent him to the juvenile home.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)