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Ujjain Gang-Rape: Minor Girl Drugged and Raped by Five; Two Arrested, Search On for Three.
- •A 16-year-old minor girl in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, was allegedly gang-raped by five boys who mixed an intoxicating substance in her water.
- •The victim went missing on September 26 and returned home on September 30, subsequently revealing the incident to her family.
- •Police have arrested two accused so far: a 19-year-old youth and a minor, with a search ongoing for the remaining three minor accused.
- •According to the victim, a minor boy from the area lured her to a secluded spot and called his friends, who then allegedly raped her.
- •Police identified four of the five accused as minors (16-17 years old) and one as 19 years old; teams are deployed to apprehend the absconding individuals.
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The 16-year-old girl went missing from her home on September 26, prompting her family to file a kidnapping report at the police station on September 28 when she failed to return. After she returned home herself on September 30, she informed her family that she had been gang-raped after an intoxicating substance was mixed in her water.
Police have arrested two of the five accused individuals so far, consisting of a 19-year-old youth and a minor. The 19-year-old has been sent to Central Jail, while the apprehended minor has been placed in a Juvenile Observation Home, with an active search underway for the three remaining suspects.
According to the victim's statement, a minor boy from her area took her to a secluded place under the pretext of work and called his friends, after which she was gang-raped. The victim stated that the accused individuals then continued to take her to various different locations over a period of about four days.
