The police have registered an FIR against the three accused, however, they are cross-verifying the claims made by the victim. Sources revealed that both the parties have an old rivalry.
A 17-year-girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men at gunpoint in the Bhojpur area here on the intervening night of April 19 and 20, the police said on Sunday. The police have registered an FIR against the three accused, however, they are cross-verifying the claims made by the victim. Sources revealed that both the parties have an old rivalry.
According to the police, the victim has stated that on the intervening night of April 19 and 20, the victim was sleeping in the open area of her house with her sister-in-law when the three accused named Amir, Adil and Zail barged into her house.
"The three abducted her and took her to a vacant plot in the village. The trio then stuffed a cloth in her mouth, one of them had a gun with them as well and took turns to rape her. They threatened her with dire consequences if she narrated the ordeal to anyone," said Arvind Maurya, Superintendent Of Police (Rural), Ghaziabad.
Police said according to the victim, they attacked her on the head with the gun butt after which she fell semi-conscious. Later, they threw her in front of her house and fled.
" The girl, however, managed to reach home and then narrated the ordeal to her sister-in-law. On the basis of the complaint filed by the girl's family, we have registered an FIR against the three accused under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and the POCSO Act," Maurya said.
" In 2012, a case was registered against the victim's brother for raping Amir's sister on the pretext of marrying her. The woman had later committed suicide and an FIR was registered against the victim's brother under Sections 306, 376, 506 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code then and one of the accused had served jail then, however, that case is still under trial in the sessions court," said a senior police officer.
Police said that the victim's family had also lodged an FIR against the accused earlier in a similar case, however, those claims were found to be false.
THE ORDEAL
Ghaziabad Police said according to the victim, the accused attacked her on the head with the gun butt because of which she became semi-conscious. Later, they dumped her near her house and fled. She managed to reach home and narrated the ordeal to her sister-in-law
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