Ranchi:A minor girl was
allegedly gangraped by seven persons who were arrested within 12 hours of the
crime near Bundu area, about 40km from here, police said today. The girl, her
'boyfriend' Rajesh, and his friend had set out for Jamshedpur to board a train
for Pune on the intervening night of Aug. 27 and 28 when the alleged incident
occurred, said SP Saket Kumar Singh. The girl, a student of class IX, who
belongs to Bundu, and the two boys chose to drop in at the residence of her 'boyfriend's' uncle near Bundu
for a night halt. The seven accused intercepted them near Kumhara basti in Bundu, thrashed the two
boys and chased them away before taking the girl to a
secluded place where they allegedly raped her, the SP said.
The two boys had in the
meantime informed police, who swung into action and
rescued the girl in a state of unconsciousness from near
Pagla Baba Ashram in Bundu, he said, adding that she was
thereupon admitted to hospital. After she regained
consciousness, she narrated her plight to police who launched
raids in the surrounding areas and nabbed all the accused
yesterday. 'The accused have confessed
to the crime during interrogation,' the SP
said, adding that the girl's actual age was being determined
through medical tests to initiate the proper legal process.
The police were also interrogating the girl's 'boyfriend', he said. The accused have been identified as Suraj Kumhar, Shiv Kumhar, Sudan Kumhar, Phijul Kumhar, Jeet Kumhar, Rajan Munda of Kumhar Toli area and Suraj Oraon of Oraon Toli.
The girl is recovering at the hospital, he added. PTI