16-year-old girl gangraped, burnt with cigarettes

Jaipur: A 16-year-old girl, working as a domestic help, was allegedly raped by four persons here, police said on Monday.

The victim, a resident of West Bengal, lodged an FIR on Sunday and identified one of the accused as Billu, SHO Mukesh Chaudhary said.

“The girl said, she was raped by the accused a few days back and was burned with cigarettes when she resisted,” he said.

Medical examination of the victim was conducted on Monday at a hospital here and the matter is being probed, the SHO said.

The accused have been booked under section 376 D (gangrape) of IPC and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act, he said.

—PTI