Maharashtra: Three men arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old in Akola

Three men who allegedly raped a 14yearold girl in Maharashtras Akola city were arrested on Monday a police official told PTIThe girl was tricked and taken to a youth hostel in the city where the trio allegedly raped her on June 7 said assistant inspector of the Civil Line police station Mahendra ShindeAccording to the reports from PTI the accused were identified as Ankush Wakhte 25 Anurag Chaudhary 20 and Deepak Madavi 25 said ShindeThe girl reportedly left home on June 7 but did not return Her worried family members launched a search and when they could not find her they filed a missing complaint at the Civil Line police station reported PTIAs the agency reported the girl returned home the next day on June 8 and narrated the ordeal to her family said the policeBased on the familys complaint the police lodged a gangrape case and arrested the accused who were booked under relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act POCSO Act they saidThe trio was reportedly produced before a local court which sent them to jailThane Rape CaseA case had been registered against an unidentified person for allegedly raping a woman after rendering her unconscious onboard an express train in Maharashtras Thane district an official from the Government Railway Police GRP said on Friday according to the PTIThe victim had alleged that she was traveling by Uttar Pradeshbound Tulsi Express on March 10 when an unidentified person administered a harmful substance to render her unconscious and allegedly raped her the official said as per the PTIAccording to the PTI the woman had claimed that the assault took place 40 minutes after the train left the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus LTT in Kurla in Mumbai and arrived at the Thane railway stationThe complainant approached the GRP in Gwalior Madhya Pradesh in April 39 days after the alleged incident and from there the complaint was forwarded to Thane after 21 days she said as the news agency reported on FridayThe Thane GRP on Thursday registered a case under sections 328 causing hurt by means of poison etc with intent to commit an offense and 376 rape of the Indian Penal Code for the incident that took place in March senior inspector Archana Dhusane said the PTI reportedAs no CCTV footage was available from LTT the police checked the reservation charts of the Tulsi Express train and two other trains that left the station at the same time the official said