31 October,2023 03:57 PM IST | Shahjahanpur | PTI
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A minor Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped near her house by three persons from the same village as her in Shahjahanpur district, police said on Tuesday.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sanjeev Kumar Bajpai said a 16-year-old Dalit minor living in a village under Jalalabad police station area was working in the fields near her house on Monday night when three youths -- Veerbhan, Pramod and Sone -- allegedly forcibly took her to a nearby field where she was raped.
By the time the locals reached the spot after hearing the girl's screams, the accused had fled away, police said.
Bajpai said that a case has been registered, the accused have been detained and interrogations are on. The girl has been sent for medical examination, he added.
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