Monday, March 5, 2012

Mar 5, 2012: Two teenagers raped in Bhopal

TNN | Mar 5, 2012, 07.25AM IST
BHOPAL: After a string of rape cases in the state, two more incidents of sexual assault on teenagers have been reported from the state capital in the last 24 hours.

In the first incident, a 19-year-old girl, who was on her way to attend tuition classes in Saket Nagar, was abducted on January 31 and taken to a nearby Raparia village by five persons. They forcibly performed marriage rituals before allegedly raping her.

The Class XI girl, resident of Bag Mugalia, was allegedly abducted by the accused as she was going to her tution classes in Saket Nagar.

She was forced into a four wheeler and taken to the village. The accused has been identified as Rakesh and his four friends.

The accused kept her confined for about a week in the village and subsequently outraged her modesty, the police said.

Initially, the Bagh Sawenia police was reluctant to registering a case. However, after the intervention of senior officials, a case against Rakesh was registered on rape charges on March 2.

While four other persons identified as Shravan, Vinod, Jagdish and Nannulal have been booked for helping Rakesh in abducting the girl and forcing her to perform marriage rituals.

In another incident, a 17-year-old girl residing in Kushipura in Bilkheria area was raped at midnight on March 2. Police said when the victim came out of her house, her neighbour Jagdish dragged her to his roof and outraged her modesty.

The accused in both the cases are absconding.

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