15-yr-old raped by two in Amritsar

THE GIRL SAID HER BOYFRIEND ASKED HER TO REACH DELHI ON FEB 3 FOR THE WEDDING.

SHE REACHED AMRITSAR BY MISTAKE AND WAS RAPED BY THE TWO MEN

LUDHIANA: A 15-year-old girl who wanted to reach Delhi to marry her boyfriend reached in Amritsar mistakenly, where she was allegedly raped by an auto driver and his aide.

After reaching Ludhiana, the victim lodged an FIR against the accused at Division 4 police station. The accused have been identified as Sahib Singh and Baba of Amritsar.

As per the complaint, she asked Sahib Singh, an auto driver at the Amritsar railway station about trains to Delhi. Sahib told her that she would get a train the next morning and took her to a hotel, where he, along with his friend Baba, allegedly raped her.

The next day, the accused made her board a bus to Ludhiana and threatened her not to reveal the incident.

The girl who is a resident of Kila Mohalla, said she had met one Sahil, her boyfriend around a year ago when he had come to visit his relatives in Ludhiana. Both of them eventually became friends.

The victim said they decided to get married and Sahil asked her to reach Delhi on February 3 for the marriage. She stole ₹1,500 from her house and boarded a train from Ludhiana railway station on February 3. The train took her to Ferozepur instead.

After spending a night at the house of a good samaritan, she boarded another train from Ferozepur the next day that took her to Amritsar.

Investigating officer assistant sub inspector Shamsher Singh said a case under sections 376, 34 of the IPC and Section 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) has been registered against the accused. The accused will be arrested soon, he said.