One of the accused
befriended the girl and asked her to meet him but instead she was kidnapped in
a car
Ahmedabad
(Gujarat), July 17: Police arrested three young men on July 13 for kidnapping
and raping a minor girl who was befriended by one of the accused in Ahmedabad
in Gujarat. One of the accused asked the 15-year-old girl to meet them near
Godrej Garden City area in Ahmedabad but when she went there, two of the
accused abducted the girl in a car and took her to a hotel in Gandhinagar.
A third accused
assisted the two who kidnapped the girl, who is a resident of Chandkheda area
in Ahmedabad. The duo raped the girl multiple times in the hotel where she was
taken and held.
Police inspector K
V Patel said that the three young men who were accused of rape were arrested.
All three of them were friends and they hung out near a tea shop in the area.
Police said those arrested were Shailesh Bharwad, 19, Vijay Shiyard, 19 and
Vijay Bharward, 23.
The minor who was
assaulted multiple times fell unconscious and started bleeding so the duo
alleged rapists put the girl in the car again and tried to drop her at the
hospital said the police. However, they lost their nerve and since the girl had
gained consciousness in the meantime, they dropped her near her residence
instead.
“We recorded the girl's
statement and took her medical test. The three accused have been booked under
IPC 376D for gang rape, 363 for abduction and sections under the Protection Of Children
against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Further investigation is on in the case,”
said Inspector Patel.