Khunti, Jharkhand: A 16-year-old tribal woman was apparently gang-raped when she was returning home from her institution in Jharkhand’s Khunti area, cops stated on Friday.
The case took place on Wednesday near National Highway 75, linking Ranchi with Chaibasa, in the Murhu Police Station location, an elderly policeman stated.
“An FIR has been lodged on Thursday and persons involved in the crime are being identified. They will soon be arrested. She had undergone a medical test,” Khunti Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Varun Rajak informed PTI.
The woman, in her declaration to the cops, stated that around 10 males dragged her to roadside shrubs when she was returning home from institution on Wednesday mid-day and 5 of them raped her.
The sufferer informed the cops that she passed out and later on located herself nude, the policeman stated.
Search procedures were being carried out to detain the individuals associated with the criminal activity, he included.
Published 20 September 2024, 05:37 IST
