New Delhi, April 5: In an appalling incident, a
minor Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by her boyfriend and seven others in
Jalandhar, Punjab. According to the reports, police have taken three of the
eight accused into their custody based on a complaint registered by the
victim’s family.
According to the complaint, the main accused (Sandeep) had called the victim on 15th March and asked her to meet him the next day at a bus stand in Haryana’s Mandi Dabwali. The main accused had allegedly told the victim that they would go to Jalandhar where they would get married.
The victim girl believed Sandeep and left her home around 6 am on March 16. She went to a place called Kilianwali from where she was picked up by Sandeep. The couple travelled to Jalandhar on the same day.
According to the reports, Sandeep took the girl to a room where seven of his friends -- Ranjeet, Lambu, Billa, Rahul, Sandeep alias Sainya, Santosh, and one unidentified person -- were present. They took turns to rape the girl and later she was dropped outside her home on March 20. The police have conducted a few raids to arrest five accused and the matter is further being investigated.