Two tourist guides held for raping minor girl in Colaba

The Colaba police on Saturday arrested two men for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in a public toilet near Dockyard Road. The girl lives on the pavements near Jehangir Art Gallery with her mother and stepfather.

On Saturday, the accused, Irshad and Shabaz, who work as part time tourist guides in Colaba, took the girl with them on the pretext of taking her sightseeing. Instead, they took her to a public toilet near Dockyard road and raped her.

Rameshwar Suple, senior police inspector, Colaba said: "The duo knew the girl as they lived on the same pavement. After the incident, the girl returned home late, and when her mother asked her why, she narrated the ordeal." The mother then filed an FIR with Colaba police. Suple added that the duo was arrested late on Saturday night and have been booked for kidnapping, gang rape and under relevant sections of POCSOA.