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Teenage girl raped by six people, including four minors, in Chhattisgarh | News from India

The adults were arrested and the four minors aged 16 to 17 were detained.

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Six people, four of them minors, allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, police said, adding that they had been caught.

The girl and her friend were on their way home from a wedding in their village on Tuesday evening when three of the accused – a 24-year-old man and two minors known to her – stopped them.

The three of them sent the friend away and took the minor to a nearby forest where they raped her, police said. Some time later, three more people, including a 21-year-old, arrived at the scene and raped her.

The girl came home in the early hours of Wednesday and told her father about the incident. On Thursday, her father approached the police, who registered a case of gang rape, citing protection of children from sexual offences (POCSO Act.

“After receiving the complaint, we formed three teams and nabbed all the accused before they could escape,” said Shashi Mohan Singh, Jashpur police commissioner. “The adults were arrested and the four minors, aged 16-17, were taken into custody.”

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