Bihar: Two girls gang-raped in Purnia and Saran

PATNA: Two minor girls were gang-raped in separate incidents in Purnia and Saran districts on Sunday. No one was arrested in the two cases.
A 12-year-old girl was gang-raped by two youths at a village under Mirganj police station area in Purnia when the victim had gone to graze her goats in an agriculture field. The victim's mother told the police that they started searching her when she didn’t return home in the evening.Later, she was found in an unconscious state in a field. The family narrated the ordeal to the local mukhiya, who helped them lodge a complaint.
Mirganj SHO Vijay Kumar Yadav said Nitish Kumar and Manish Kumar have been named as accused in the FIR. “Both the accused are reported to be absconding after the incident,” he told this newspaper over the phone.
In another incident, a 16-year-old girl was gang-raped at a village under Dariyapur police station area in Saran district when the victim had gone to attend the call of nature in a field Sunday evening.
According to the police complaint, two youths, identified as Gautam Rai and Vidhan Rai, forcibly took her to a field and raped her. They threatened her with dire consequences before escaping from the spot. The girl was sent to Chhapra Sadar hospital for medical examination. Her statement would be recorded later in the court under Section 164 of CrPC.