Minor gang-raped by taking hostage in hotel, 4 arrested

Patna, (IANS) | The case of gang-raping a 14-year-old minor by keeping her hostage in a hotel for 24 hours has come to light in Janipur police station area of Patna district of Bihar.

Acting swiftly in this case, the police have arrested four accused.

According to the police, the minor girl was returning to her village in an auto after getting her mother admitted in Patna AIIMS for treatment.

It is alleged that at the same time the auto driver saw him alone and dropped him on NH 139 near Bagaha Tola, Naubatpur Road on the pretext of a hotel near Janipur police station area.

After this, the youths already present there forcefully took the girl to the hotel and raped her there for 24 hours.

On March 19, the accused freed the girl. The victim somehow reached the house of one of her relatives and informed about the incident, then the victim reached Janipur police station on March 20 and got the case registered.

Phulwari Sharif’s Assistant Superintendent of Police Manish Kumar said that taking quick action in this case, the police have arrested four accused Dheeraj Kumar, Shivendra Kumar, Vishal Kumar and Mohammad Shadab. He said that the police is probing the entire matter.

–IANS