Minor, dalit girl raped in Ashoknagar, Narsinghpur

TNN | Jun 3, 2014, 08.35 AM IST

BHOPAL: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth in Ashoknagar district on Monday while three people were arrested for abducting and raping a teenaged dalit girl at Bagpaudi village of Narsinghpur district last night.

In the first incident, an eight-year-old was raped by a youth, at whose house in Naguakhedi village the survivor’s elder sister worked as a maid. The minor had accompanied her sister for work on Monday when Golu Raghuvanshi, 20, took advantage of the situation and raped the minor, said superintendent of police Ashoknagar Tarun Nayak.

Sahdora police station in charge Virendra Singh Chouhan told Times of India the incident took place at around noon. “A complaint was lodged when the girl informed her parents,” Chouhan said.

Meanwhile, three people were arrested from Bagpaudi village for abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl at a field in the village. Narsinghpur superintendent of police Manish Kapuria said, “In her statement, the survivor complained that the trio abducted her when she was outside her house. She was taken to a deserted field in the village and raped by Thakur while his two accomplices kept guard,” Kapuria said.

Meanwhile as villagers reached the site looking for the girl the accused fled.

“All three accused were arrested by police personnel at Sation Ganj police outpost,” he said. The accused were identified as Kanhaiya Thakur, Rahul Mehra and Binnu Kacchi, all residents of Bagapudi village.

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