A horrifying case of rape of a minor emerged yesterday when a 17-year-old girl alleged she was gang-raped by nine men from January to October this year. According to the FIR lodged by the Andheri police, the girl had said nine men were involved in the crime, of which she had named six. The case was then transferred to Borivli police station, as the incident had occurred in their jurisdiction.

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On November 30, the Andheri police had found a newborn baby girl abandoned near a housing society. On enquiries, a resident of the building informed the cops that his domestic help had been pregnant and he had found blood in the bathroom, indicating that she might’ve given birth and had abandoned the child. The police then arrested the girl on December 4 and sent her to Byculla jail under Section 317 (abandonment of child under 12 years of age), not knowing that the girl was a minor.