Minor among 3 held guilty in rape case

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 20

A local court today convicted three persons, including a minor, in a rape case involving a nine-year-old girl.

The convicts are Hallo Majra residents Dalip Kumar, Ashok Kumar and a juvenile. The court will announce the quantum of sentence in the case on December 23. A case was registered against the three at the Sector 19 police station earlier this year.

The victim’s brother, who was the complainant in the case, stated that his sister had left for school in the morning on February 8, this year. However, she did not return home.

Later in the evening, one of the victim’s classmates told the family that the victim had told her that she was going to the Mansa Devi Temple.

The victim returned home the next day and revealed that she was kidnapped and raped by the accused.

She had alleged that the accused kept her in a house where she was drugged. Later, the two accused were arrested while the juvenile surrendered in the court.