Two minor girls beaten and gang raped by 11 men in Jharkhand‘s Lohardaga on August 16. The girls were headed towards Hirhi Harra Toli locality along with their neighbour when the 11 men took the girls to an isolated place, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashish Kumar Mahli. All the 11 men have been arrested by the police.
The girls along with their neighbour were going to the Hirhi Harra Toli when their motorcycle developed snag near the Hirhi Railway bridge. Following this one of the girls called her friend for help who instead of sending help to the girls, sent 11 men all aged between 18 to 28 years, said DSP Ashish in a press conference on Sunday.
The men beat up the neighbour who had accompanied the girls and sent him away from there and took the girls to an isolated place where they took turns to rape them. Moreover, before leaving, the culprits snatched away the mobile phone from the girls so that they could not reach anyone for any help.
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A case was registered at Sadar police station after the girls filed a complaint. The men were detained after a police raid in the Hirhi Harra locality. The mobile phones which were snatched away by the culprits have been recovered from the culprit’s house. A special task force was formed on the direction of the SP Priyadarshi Alok headed by Sub-Divisional Police Officer Arvind Kumar Verma and DSP Ashish Kumar Mahli.
