Girl raped by brother’s friends

jabalpur — A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three friends of her elder brother, including two minors, in her house in the Bada Patthar area here, police said today.

In the afternoon of June 28, the victim was alone in her home when the three visited her, City Superintendent of Police (Ranjhi area) Akhil Verma said.

Since they were her elder brother’s friends, the girl did not suspect anything and allowed them inside her house, he said.

After entering the house, the trio bolted the door from inside and allegedly raped the girl. They also threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident to her family members, the police officer said.

The girl kept mum for a couple of days but finally told her family members about the ordeal on Monday. After which, her family members filed a complaint based on which an FIR was registered last evening against the accused, one of whom is 18-year-old, Verma said.

The adult accused was placed under arrest on Monday evening, while the two others, who are aged 17 years, were detained, he said.

Another rape in Mandsaur

In another shocking incident, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped on Sunday in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh and dumped at a secluded place, police said on Monday. The accused has been arrested. The incident comes days after the incident of brutal gangrape of a seven-year-old girl in Mandsaur of the state on June 26. According to the police, the minor

was found in a bad shape in Parasmania area of the district. The accused, Mahendra Singh, 23, had taken away the child when she was sleeping in the courtyard of her house.

After committing rape, when Singh felt that the minor had died due to the excesses, he dumped her body at a secluded place close to Unchehara Police Station of Satna district. —