2 of 5 accused held in Kaimur gang-rape case

PATNA: Two youths were sent to jail on Friday for alleged gang-rape with an 18-year-old girl in Kaimur district on Thursday.
Police said an FIR was registered with Women’s police station on the victim’s written complaint against five youths.
Kaimur SP Dilnawaz Ahmed on Friday told TOI over phone that a medical board was constituted to conduct the victim’s medical examination and the report was awaited.
Ahmed said the victim has actually accused only one youth of raping her in the presence of the four others.
“Two youths were arrested immediately after the incident while three more are absconding. The victim’s statement has been video-recorded,” he said.
Ahmed said police came to know that the accused youths had an altercation with the victim on Wednesday. “The incident is being investigated from all angles, including the possibility of love affair,” he said.
Women’s police station SHO Sudhanshu Shekhar said the arrested youths were identified as Ajeet Kumar and Chotu Yadav.
“Chattu Yadav, Pramod Yadav and Dhananjay Yadav are absconding,” he said, adding all the five accused are from the same village.
Shekhar, quoting the FIR, said Dhananjay raped her while two others kept holding her hands. “The other accused were also present there,” he said.
The SHO said the FIR was registered under Sections 323, 341, 504, 376G and 34 of IPC.
“The girl has mentioned in the FIR that she had gone to the fields on the outskirts of her village with her two friends for cutting grass when the five accused reach there. The youths forced the other two girls to flee after which the victim was raped,” he said.
He said the two girls returned to village and raised an alarm after which villagers rushed to the spot and nabbed Ajeet and Chotu and informed the police.