Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 06, 2021, 11:16 AM
A heart-wrenching case has come to light from Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra, where a 16-year-old minor girl was raped and gang-raped at three different places in a single night. So far four people have been arrested in this case, while the search for two accused is still on.
According to the police, the incident took place on the intervening night of May 31 and June 1. The relatives of the 16-year-old girl had come to the Malad West police station to file a missing person report. Since the girl was a minor, the police immediately registered a case of kidnapping and started looking for her.However, the next afternoon the girl returned home on her own. She looked very scared and weak. When her parents asked her where she was and what had happened to her, she didn't say anything. After this a team of women police officers reached the girl. Initially the girl did not tell anything, but after a while she told everything, hearing which everyone was surprised.Police said that the girl had some friends on Instagram and one of them had a birthday party. Everyone met outside a hotel in Mud area and celebrated the birthday. After this, the cake was cut on the car itself. However, two Instagram friends took the girl inside the car and gang-raped her. After this, the girl was dropped at another friend's house in Malad area. Here too she was raped by a friend. After this, the girl did not go to her house and went to another friend's house, where she was raped again.Four accused have been arrested for raping and gang-raping a minor girl. Their age is between 18 to 23 years. Police said that all the people met on Instagram. According to the police, two more accused are being searched. Although they did not rape, but these people were also present there.All the accused have been arrested under various sections including POCSO Act. All have been produced in the court and at present the police is interrogating the accused by taking them into custody.
According to the police, the incident took place on the intervening night of May 31 and June 1. The relatives of the 16-year-old girl had come to the Malad West police station to file a missing person report. Since the girl was a minor, the police immediately registered a case of kidnapping and started looking for her.However, the next afternoon the girl returned home on her own. She looked very scared and weak. When her parents asked her where she was and what had happened to her, she didn't say anything. After this a team of women police officers reached the girl. Initially the girl did not tell anything, but after a while she told everything, hearing which everyone was surprised.Police said that the girl had some friends on Instagram and one of them had a birthday party. Everyone met outside a hotel in Mud area and celebrated the birthday. After this, the cake was cut on the car itself. However, two Instagram friends took the girl inside the car and gang-raped her. After this, the girl was dropped at another friend's house in Malad area. Here too she was raped by a friend. After this, the girl did not go to her house and went to another friend's house, where she was raped again.Four accused have been arrested for raping and gang-raping a minor girl. Their age is between 18 to 23 years. Police said that all the people met on Instagram. According to the police, two more accused are being searched. Although they did not rape, but these people were also present there.All the accused have been arrested under various sections including POCSO Act. All have been produced in the court and at present the police is interrogating the accused by taking them into custody.