Madhya Pradesh: Minor girl gang-raped; accused on the run

In another case that highlights the poor safety of women around the world, a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped in Sagar, a town in Madhya Pradesh.

According to news agency, ANI, the victim has been admitted to hospital. Although a case has been registered, the two accused are on the run.

#MadhyaPradesh: 15-year-old girl allegedly gang-raped by two people in #Sagar, admitted in a hospital. Case registered, accused persons on the run

— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2017

The incident comes months after a 19-year-old woman, who was returning from her tuition class, was repeatedly gang-raped near a stretch of railway tracks in Bhopal.

The incident took place around 10 pm in the vicinity of the Habibganj railway station when the four men abducted the woman.

Police have arrested all the four accused and booked them under the relevant sections of the IPC.

According to reports, all the four men took breaks for tea and gutka and repeatedly raped her for three hours. According to reports, the girl kept fighting and hit the accused with a stone. Furious, they hit her with a stone as well, tied her up, and raped her.

Speaking to ANI, Government Railway Police (GRP) SP Anita Malviya said, "When the victim reached the desolate railway crossing, the four men dragged her under a culvert near the railway tracks and took turns to rape her before fleeing. They fled assuming the girl to be dead. The girl usually takes a bus while returning to her Vidisha residence, but that day she opted to take a train."

"On the basis of the complaint lodged by the woman, a case was registered at the GRP Police Station (Habibganj Railway Station) as the area where the crime occurred falls under their jurisdiction. They have been booked under sections 376 D (gang rape) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention)," she said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had ordered the case to be fast tracked.