A 16-year-old girl from West Bengal was raped after being brought to the city, and the police are yet to ascertain whether the survivor was gang-raped. Moreover, they are still puzzled over which police station should investigate the case. According to the police officials, the accused, identified only as Raju, had brought the girl to the city on the pretext of marrying her.

A policeman said, requesting anonymity, “The girl went out of her house after her mother asked her to get some biscuits, but instead of going back home, she went to the local Bachkul bus stand to meet a person called Raju, who had told her that he would take her to Mumbai where he’d marry her in a temple. She was hesitant initially but she believed him as she had known him for a year.”