Lakhisarai: 15-year-old abducted, gang-raped

PATNA: A 15-year-old girl was kidnapped, confined in a house for nearly 17 hours and raped by three youths in Lakhisarai district, police said on Thursday.
The girl told the police on Thursday that she was held captive by three youths -- Nitish Singh, Chandan Singh and Ramanuj Singh – when she had gone to a field to relieve herself around 5am on Wednesday.
The three youths confined the girl in a nearby house and took turns to rape her.The girl’s family lodged a complaint with Tetarhat police station on Thursday and the case was later referred to the Women’s police station.
According to the complaint, the girl was dropped at a secluded place by the accused around 10pm and threatened with dire consequences if she revealed the matter to anyone. The girl, who was also thrashed by the accused, somehow reached home and narrated her ordeal to her parents.
SHO of Women’s police station in Lakhisari, Rita Kumari, said the girl’s medical examination was conducted at the sadar hospital on Thursday. “The medical report is awaited,” she said, adding raids were on to arrest the three accused.
Meanwhile, Lakhisarai SP Sunil Kumar has asked the SHO of Women's police station to collect evidences against the accused and initiate action at the earliest.
The girl’s relatives alleged that the three accused, who are from influential families, have been pressuring them to withdraw the case. “We apprehend threat to our lives if the accused are not arrested soon,” the girl’s father told the police.
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