Ranchi, April 23: A 12-year-old girl was on Monday found gang-raped at the site of a house under construction in Dumka in Jharkhand, police said.
The girl, who had gone missing from her home on Sunday evening, was staying with an aunt in Kadhalbill village and was a student of Class 6. Her parents live in Pakur district.
In her statement to police, she said she was abducted by three youths when she was trying to close her house door. They took her to the site, tied her hands and legs and raped her.
On Monday some people spotted her and took her to a hospital.
The total number of rape cases registered in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 were 1,122, 1,198, 1,146 and 1,335 respectively.
Till March 2018, a total of 328 rape cases have been registered in the state.
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Class 12 girl student gang-raped inside moving car in Rajasthan's Bikaner
Jaipur (PTI): A Class 12 girl student was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped inside a moving car in Rajasthan's Bikaner district, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred on January 6 in the Napasar area, but a case was registered only on January 11 following a complaint by the girl's family, they said.
According to the complaint, the girl had left home for school on the morning of January 6. Two youngsters intercepted her and abducted in a car and drove away.
The accused allegedly drove around for several hours, threatening and raping the girl turn by turn inside the moving vehicle, they said in the complaint.
Later, when the car entered a neighbouring village, locals grew suspicious and stopped the vehicle.
After forcing the girl out of the car, the accused fled from the spot. Villagers informed the girl's family, who reached the spot and took her home, police said.
A case has been registered at Napasar police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Circle Officer Gangashahar Himanshu Sharma told PTI.
He said that the girl is aged above 18 years while the age of the accused is not clear.
"No arrests have been made so far," he said, adding that the matter was under investigation.
