GURUGRAM: A 14-year-old girl was taken to a hotel on Saturday and allegedly gang-raped by five youths, two of them her friends. While two of the accused – both minors – were apprehended on Monday, the remaining three were arrested on Tuesday, police said. Cops said they received a complaint from the mother of the 14-year-old girl, saying that her daughter had gone out for a walk on Saturday night but didn’t return home till late. The next day, she was found in a park in the same area. “She was very disturbed and nervous. When I asked her what had happened, she told me that two boys from our area – who were her friends – took her to a hotel room in Sector 9A. There, they were joined by three others who raped her one by one. They also threatened to kill her if she talked to anyone about it,” the mother told the cops. The two friends allegedly told the girl they were taking her for a walk in the locality. “My minor daughter has been raped by these men. Strict action should be taken against all of them,” the mother, a homemaker, added. A medical examination was conducted on the minor and the police said it confirmed rape. According to the police, the three accused arrested on Tuesday – Praveen Kumar, Anshul Yadav and Suhail – are aged between 20-22 years and residents of Basai Enclave. The remaining two are minors who have been apprehended and sent to a Faridabad correction centre. An FIR was registered on Monday under sections 376D (gang rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and relevant provisions of the Pocso Act at Sector 9 police station. “We have taken all the five accused into custody. Three were arrested on Tuesday. All five of them belong to families of daily wagers and were studying in a government school. We are questioning them,” said Deepak Saharan, DCP (west). (The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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