A minor girl from Maharashtra's Palghar district was allegedly raped by two persons on different occasions under the pretext of marriage, said police on Tuesday. Police officials told news agency PTI that the 17-year-old was impregnated after the sexual assault and had birthed two children.

The PTI report stated that based on the girls' complaint on Sunday, they registered a case against 16 persons which included the two alleged assaulters, the 17-year-old girl's parents and two doctors under various charges.