Agra: Missing girl, 15, returns home, suspected to be gangraped

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Hariparwat, Mayank Tiwari told PTI that a case had been registered under Section 376 (rape) and 308 (culpable homicide) of IPC and under the POCSO Act against unknown persons.

Agra (Uttar Pradesh):A fifteen-year-old girl who had gone missing on Holi and traced on Friday was allegedly gangraped by unknown people, police here said. According to a family member of the girl, she had left her home at around 2.30 Thursday to play holi in the village, but did not return. Her family searched for her whole night, but she could not be found.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Hariparwat, Mayank Tiwari told PTI that a case had been registered under Section 376 (rape) and 308 (culpable homicide) of IPC and under the POCSO Act against unknown persons. "An investigation is on and we will act accordingly. The girl is being treated at a government hospital in Agra," Tiwari said.

The girl was spotted Friday morning by a milkman, who saw her struggling to get to the road from a jungle area. The man identified the girl and informed her family members. "We suspect that some unknown people had taken her to the jungle in a vehicle and gangraped her. She was brutally attacked and strangled. Her assailants left her assuming her dead," claimed the father of the girl.

She is currently undergoing treatment in the hospital, police said, adding she might be raped, but the final confirmation will be given only after the probe is completed. DCP City has also said that every aspect is being probed, and the culprits will not be spared. (With agency Inputs)