3 held in Sonbhadra for gangrape, assault

Varanasi: A girl, who had gone to a temple on Motakipahadi in remote forest area near Harkitaha village under the limits of Bijpur police station in Sonbhadra district with his fiancé, was allegedly gang raped by three local youths on Saturday.
SP Sonbhadra Amarendra Prasad Singh said that all three accused had been taken into custody by police on Sunday for investigation after a case was lodged on the complaint of the girl’s family in this connection.The SP said that he had also inspected the spot.
According to the police, a girl from a village in Babhani area had gone to offer prayers at a temple on Motakipahari (hill) area in remote jungle on Saturday. Three local youths, who had gone to the jungles for woodcutting attacked the girl’s fiancé and dragged her in deep forest, where she was gangraped. Police have sent the girl for medical examination..