Guwahati, Feb. 20: The 18-year-old
girl from Tezpur who was allegedly gangraped at Paltan Bazar here on
Sunday night was also allegedly gangraped by five others in her hometown
before she came to Guwahati, police said today.
This came to light
following investigations and the arrest of seven persons from Tezpur
and Misamari in Sonitpur district today, a senior police officer in
Guwahati told The Telegraph.
He said
investigations had revealed that the girl was allegedly molested by a
youth, whom she knew, inside a dhaba on the outskirts of Tezpur on
Friday afternoon on Saraswati puja. The youth allegedly mixed drugs in
her soft drink with the alleged intention of rape.
“When she
protested, the boy left her on the highway, some distance from the
dhaba. After sometime, a friend of the boy who was passing by saw her
and promised to take her home. But he took her to another house near
Kamrupia Naamghar in Tezpur and locked her inside. Soon, four of his
friends joined him and they raped her on Friday and Saturday. All six
were arrested today,” the police officer said.
After being
allegedly raped for two days, the girl was freed on Sunday morning. “But
as she was scared to return home she decided to come to her relative’s
place in Guwahati. On her way to the city, she met a youth who promised
to take her to her relative’s house in Chenikuthi. But instead of taking
her there, he took her to a hotel in Paltan Bazar where he booked
separate rooms. At night, he handed her over to the hotel staff and left
the hotel. The girl was raped by three persons in the hotel,” the
police officer said, adding that they had arrested the youth from
Misamari this afternoon.
On Monday, the
girl went to Paltan Bazar police station to lodge a complaint. Her
family members, who had also lodged a complaint as she was missing since
Friday, also came to the police station and filed an FIR, alleging that
she was raped by three persons in Hotel Luscent.
The police
arrested all three, including the hotel manager, on Monday. Yesterday,
they were produced in the Kamrup CJM court, which remanded them in
seven-day police custody. All the accused have been booked under Section
376 (2) (g) IPC, which pertains to gang rape and may invite
imprisonment for a term not less than 10 years and which may extend up
to life and a fine. The police said they have sent samples for forensic
tests and were waiting for the report.
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