BAREILLY: A 14-year-old girl, a student of Class VII, was allegedly gangraped by two youths in a village in Lakhimpur Kheri district late on Thursday night.
According to police, the girl had gone to see her cattle tied outside the house when the accused — residents of the same village and reportedly known to the girl — forcefully took her to an isolated place and gangraped her.
Police said an FIR was registered at Kheri police station on Friday and the girl was sent for medical examination on Saturday. The accused are absconding.
Kheri station house officer (SHO) CK Singh told TOI, “The youths have been identified and booked under section 376D (gang rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. We have recorded the girl’s statement under section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and she stated that she had gone outside her house to see her livestock when the accused gangraped her. The girl is still in trauma. We have assured her that police will take strict action against the accused. We have also alerted nearby police stations about the accused and have been conducting raids to nab them.”
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)