19-yr-old gangraped in Amritsar village, one of two accused held

A 19-year-old village girl in the district was gangraped by two men on the pretext of dropping her at school, police said on Wednesday. One of the accused has been arrested, police said.

The incident took place on August 13, but the victim approached the police on Tuesday. Police said, according to the victim, she was threatened by the accused not to tell anybody about the incident.

The identity of the accused is being withheld as they belong to the victim's village. The accused have been booked under Sections 376-D (gang rape), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of



the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Kambo police station.

The case was registered on the complaint of the victim. 'On August 13, I, along with my mother, was present in the village. One of the two accused approached us and offered a lift. He dropped my mother on the way and offered to drop me at my school. However, the accused took me to a house in a nearby village where the other accused was present. Both raped me and threatened to kill me if I narrated the incident to anyone,' the victim said in her complaint.

Kambo station house officer (SHO) Prabhjit Singh said, 'We have arrested one of the accused and raids are on to nab his accomplice.'