A 17-year-old lady, a category 12 pupil, was allegedly drugged and raped by 5 youths, together with the cousin of considered one of her mates, close to her village in Kurukshetra district, police mentioned on Thursday.
Three of the accused have been nabbed by the police whereas efforts are on to arrest two others, an official mentioned.
Among the three arrested, two are 18 years outdated whereas the third one is a juvenile, who was despatched to an statement residence.
Sub-Inspector Praveen Kaur, who’s investigating the case, mentioned, “One of the accused youths is a cousin of the victim’s friend.”
She mentioned the sufferer had gone to her pal’s home after faculty on February 22 when she felt dizziness and her pal advised her that her cousin would drop her at residence
The accused, nevertheless, took the sufferer to a spot close to Umri Chowk in Kurukshetra the place 4 different accused, together with a youth who works at a resort and the juvenile, had been already current, they usually all raped her there, the SI mentioned, quoting the sufferer’s grievance to the police.
At the time of committing the crime, the accused had additionally drugged the lady, the SI mentioned.
Kurukshetra’s Superintendent of Police Himanshu Garg advised media individuals that an FIR was registered primarily based on the grievance filed by the sufferer’s father.
According to the grievance, her father had dropped her on the faculty at 7 am on February 22, the SP mentioned.
As per the grievance, after faculty hours, she used to go to a centre for the English-speaking course at 1.30 pm and return residence by 4 pm.
The sufferer’s relations obtained anxious when she did not return residence until night, the SP mentioned, including they contacted the teaching centre and had been knowledgeable that the lady didn’t attend the course that day.
The dad and mom began trying to find her. At about 7 pm, after they had been going to the police station at Barara chowk for submitting a case, they noticed two boys with a lady approaching a motorbike from the Ladwa city facet.
“They recognised her from the school dress when the motorcycle reached near them. While the girl was seated in the middle, the boy sitting behind her had been pointing a country-made pistol at her head,” the grievance mentioned.
The lady’s relations intercepted the motorbike and managed to rescue the lady after overpowering one of many accused, the police mentioned, including at the moment too, the lady was in a drugged state.