17-yr-old raped in Palwal; 4 booked

Tribune News Service
Palwal, December 6

The police have booked four persons in connection with the gangrape of a 17-year-old girl at a village in the Hathin subdivision of the district. No arrest has been made so far.

According to information, the incident took place around 11 pm on Wednesday, when the victim went to answer the call of nature outside her house on the outskirts of the village.

The four accused, identified as Altaf, Sarfraj, Irshad and Shoyab, residents of the same village, overpowered her and took her some distance away from the house. They took turns to rape her at a secluded place in the fields.

An FIR was lodged under Sections 376-D and 363 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the POCSO Act on basis of a complaint lodged by the mother of the victim at the women police station on Thursday.

“The medical examination of the victim has been conducted and her statement recorded under Section 164. The accused are likely to be arrested soon,” said Sub-inspector Anju, investigating officer.

Man accused of raping daughter arrested 

Rohtak: The man who had allegedly raped and poisoned his nine-year-old daughter to death at Rohtak recently was arrested from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Rohtak SP Rahul Sharma said the accused had been brought to Rohtak and would be produced in a local court on Saturday. “He has confessed to having sexually assaulted and poisoned his daughter. We will seek police remand to get his DNA samples and recover his clothes and the poisonous substance which he gave to his daughter,” the SP said. tns