Additional investigation is underway, say cops (Representational)
Raisen:
A 15-year-old lady was allegedly raped by a truck driver whereas his two associates restrained {the teenager}’s male good friend in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district, an official mentioned on Sunday.
Police have arrested two individuals, together with the truck driver, in reference to the alleged crime dedicated in Siyarmau forest on Silwani-Sagar Street, some 110 km from the district headquarters, on Saturday night, he mentioned.
{The teenager} and her 21-year-old male good friend had been returning after visiting the Vandevi temple within the space after they parked their two-wheeler and entered the forest, mentioned Silwani’s Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anil Maurya.
On the similar time, a truck broke down following which its driver, later recognized as Sanju Adivasi (21), and his two associates additionally went contained in the forest, the place they noticed the lady and her good friend.
The trio thrashed the younger man and snatched the important thing of his motorbike, he mentioned, citing the FIR.
The driving force took the lady deep contained in the forest and allegedly raped her, whereas his associates restrained her good friend, the official mentioned.
After the three accused left, the lady and the youth walked to the highway and alerted some policemen who had been passing by.
Police registered a case in opposition to Sanju Adivasi and his associates Shivnarayan Advasi and Akshay Ahirwar beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 64 (rape), 70-1 (gang rape) and the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he mentioned.
Sanju and Shivnarayan have been arrested, whereas Ahirwar is on the run, the official mentioned.
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