Balod, Oct 29 (PTI) Three persons including a minor have been apprehended for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place on October 14 in a village under the Ranchirai police station area.
According to the complaint, the accused allegedly took the girl to an isolated place in the village and raped her, Balod Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan said.
The girl initially did not disclose the incident to anyone. Her parents approached the police on October 27 after she narrated the ordeal, and the accused were held on Wednesday.
A case was registered under Section 65(1) (rape of a woman under sixteen years of age) and other provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the SP said.
Those arrested were identified as Giteshwar Sahu (19) and Chandrashekhar Sahu (18). The third accused is 17 years old. PTI COR TKP KRK
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