Minor raped by 5 boys in Assam
In what has come as shock, a 12-year-old girl was gangraped in an abandoned house by five minor boys in Guwahati.
Senior superintendent of police, Guwahati, Anand Prakash Tiwari told this newspaper that they have arrested five accused who were later found to be minors after a bone-marrow test.
The five boys are in the age of 12 to 16 years and were her neighbours in Hatigaon area. They usually played together, the mother of the victim said in the FIR filed in the Bashishta police station.
Informing that the incident took place on Sunday night, Mr Tiwari said that five boys took a minor girl when her mother was not at home to an abandoned house where she was gangraped. “We have collected all the technical and scientific evidence from the crime scene to establish the case before the court of law,” he said adding that the arrested boys have been sent to a remand home.
He said that a woman police officer has also been deputed to help the girl who is now in the state home for women for her rehabilitation after medical examination.
The incident came to light when the mother of the girl, who is a daily wage earner, came back after her work.
Mr Tiwari said, “We are going to file the chargesheet in this case within 10-12 days with credible evidence to ensure the conviction of all the accused.” Police has also organised an identification parade in which the victim has identified all the accused, the police said.
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