Hindustan Times (Gurugram)

Minor abducted, gang-raped and thrown off train in Bihar

- letters@hindustant­imes.com (With inputs from S Raju)

A Class 10 student was thrown off a moving train by her alleged rapists, who had abducted the girl from outside her house on Thursday.

The victim was found in a critical condition adjacent to the railway track near Lakhisarai station. She has been admitted to the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).

Lakhisarai sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Pankaj Kumar said that in her statement to the police, the victim said that her abductors took her to the Lakhochak halt station located near Kiul station. She was subsequent­ly made to board a train and allegedly gang-raped.

The SDPO said the victim had identified two accused, who lived in the same locality as her, and the police were able to nab one of them. Police were on the lookout for the other accused. Kumar said a special investigat­ion team (SIT) has been constitute­d to probe into the case.

TEEN DEBOARDS TRAIN, GETS GANG-RAPED

A teenage girl, who was travelling from Fatehgarh in Punjab to Dhampur town of Bijnore district, was gang-raped by three youths near Saharanpur station on Friday when she deboarded the train to purchase a water bottle on the station. Police arrested all three accused from Doodhli Sarak and Mahipura villages .

“We registered a case and initiated action against the accused on the basis of the girl’s statement,” Saharanpur SSP said .

The incident occurred in the wee hours of Friday when the train stopped at Saharanpur station. The girl deboarded with her brother to purchase a water bottle. Meanwhile, train started moving and her brother got into it but she missed the train.

While she was wandering on the platform one Danish,the accused approached her and took her to an abandoned place after assuring her help. There they allegedly raped her.

POLICE SAID THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED 2 ACCUSED, WHO LIVED IN THE SAME LOCALITY AS HER, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ARREST ONE OF THEM

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