BAREILLY: Pilibhit police on Tuesday arrested two men for allegedly confining a minor girl in a cane field and gangraping her on September 4. An FIR was registered against three accused. One of them is still absconding.
Police said when the girl was on her way home along with her brother-in-law from a relative’s place, the bike-borne accused intercepted their vehicle at an abandoned place and perpetrated the crime.
The trio was booked under sections 376D (gang rape) and 394 (robbery) of the IPC and appropriate sections of the Pocso Act at Amariya police station on September 6, said police. Since the accused were unknown and the only clue was the bike number for their identification.
Pilibhit SP Dinesh P said, “We inspected the crime scene after registering an FIR. The bike used by the accused belonged to Jeeshan Ali. Ali was arrested from the Sungadi area of Pilibhit. During the questioning, he disclosed the names of Baljeet Singh and Balbeer Singh, alias, Baba. Baljeet has been arrested, while Balbeer is absconding. Our teams are searching for him. The arrested accused were sent to the Pilibhit district jail.”
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
