Minor girl from West Bengal gang-raped in Jharkhand's Dumka

A minor girl from West Bengal has been allegedly raped by five people in Jharkhands Dumka district reported PTI The minor had come to attend a wedding ceremony police said on ThursdayAs per the PTI report the victim registered a complaint at the Shikaripara police station which is around 310 km away from Jharkhands capital RanchiThe incident took place on the intervening night of June 11 and June 12 The process of registering FIR is being completed Some persons have been detained in connection to the case the Superintendent of Police SP of Dumka Pitamber Singh Kherwar told PTIAs per Kherwar the girl in her complaint said that she was raped by five peopleThe girl is minor but her actual age is yet to be ascertained which is being verified the SP further addedThe victim told the police that she had come to Jharkhand from West Bengal to attend a wedding ceremony in a village within the jurisdiction of the Shikaripara police stationShe was roaming around on the night of June 11 when she was gangraped the SP said quoting her complaintShikaripara police station incharge Hari Prasad Shah said that the victim was sent to a hospital for medical examinationNonbailable arrest warrant issued against exCM Yediyurappa in POCSO caseA nonbailable arrest warrant against former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa in a POCSO case was issued by a Bengaluru court on Thursday As per the PTI report the Criminal Investigation Department CID probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act POCSO case against Yediyurappa had earlier summoned him for questioningHe however had sought time to appear before the investigation officer of the CIDThe BJP veteran who is also a member of the partys parliamentary board is currently in Delhi As per the report he is likely to join the probe after he returns sources close to him have saidAccording to police Yediyurappa has been booked under the POCSO Act and Section 354 A Sexual harassment of the Indian Penal Code IPC based on a complaint by the mother of a 17yearold girl who accused the poltician of sexually assaulting her daughter during a meeting on February 2 this year The incidence allegedly took place at his residence in Dollars Colony in BengaluruOn March 14 hours after the Sadashivanagar police registered the case it was tranferred to the CID for further investigation with immediate effect based on the order of Karnataka Director General of Police Alok MohanAs per the PTI report the 54yearold woman who had leveled the charge against Yediyurappa died at a private hospital here last month due to lung cancerThe 81yearold Yediyurappa has denied the charge and asserted that he would fight the case legallyIn April the CID collected the voice sample of Yediyurappa after summoning him to the officeMeanwhile the government has appointed Special Public Prosecutor SPP Ashok H Nayak to represent the CID in the caseYediyurappa has moved the court seeking quashing of the FIR