17-year-old girl abducted and raped, three arrested

Rewari (Har): Three youths have been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a teenage girl, police said here today.

The trio-Sandeep, Chetan and Yogesh, all residents of Sulkha village, near here, were arrested yesterday, they said.

The accused had allegedly forcibly picked up the sixteen-year-old girl, a student of Class XI, in a car, police said

The girl was abducted when she was going to school at Jetrawas village, about 10 km from here, on November 6.

The trio then took her to a secluded place at Sulkha village where she was allegedly raped by Sandeep, police said.

They had also threatened the victim of dire consequences if she disclosed the incident to anyone, police said.

The girl managed to Jetrawas village and narrated the incident to her parents after which a complaint was lodged against the trio.

Case under the POCSO Act and abduction was registered at the Women Police Station here against them.

The girl was medically examined in the civil hospital here in the evening on November 6.

Sandeep, Chetan and Yogesh were today produced before a local court which remanded them in judicial custody.