Lured By Toffee, Two Rape Minor Girl In Kaushambi; One Held

One of the accused, Neeraj Sonkar, is serving a jail term in a 2020 rape case. He committed the recent crime while out on bail.

Kaushambi: After Ayodhya, Kannauj and Bhadohi, an abhorring incident has come to light in the Mohabbatpur Paisa Police Stationarea of Kaushambi where a seven-year-old girl was raped by two youths with the lure of toffees. One of the accused, Neeraj Sonkar, is already serving a prison term on the charges of rape and he committed the second one while out on bail.

The minor girl was attending a wedding procession in her village on Sunday. When she didn't return home after 8 pm her grandmother started looking for her. After a prolonged scramble, she was found naked, unconscious and soaked in blood in the field behind the Idgah. The family immediately rushed her to the hospital where she narrated the harrowing experience after gaining consciousness.

A written complaint has been submitted to the police station by the family, based on which a case was registered and police have started searching the culprit duo.

According to Manjhanpur area officer Satyendra Tiwari, a complaint of rape of a girl was received at Mohabbatpur Painsa PS on Sunday night. Based on it, a case has been registered against two youths Neeraj Sonkar and Rohit. While Rohit has been arrested, the search for Sonkar was on. The victim has been sent to the hospital for medical examination.

Sonkar is serving a jail term for raping a girl from the village in March 2020. He was granted bail one-and-a-half years ago.