VARANASI: Three teen girls were gang-raped in Ghazipur and Azamgarh in a span of 24 hours. Two incidents of gang rape with teen girls were reported from Gahmar and Jamania areas of Ghazipur on Tuesday night, while a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped in Sidhari area of Azamgarh district on Wednesday.
SP Ghazipur Om Prakash Singh said, "All five accused in the gang rape in Gahmar area have been arrested.
One accused in Jamania gang rape has also been arrested while raids are on to nab two others."
On Tuesday, some youths of a village in Gahmar police station area kidnapped a teen girl and took her to a lonely place, where they gang-raped her.
(The victims' identity has not been revealed to protect their privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)