Police in Kolkata have arrested three men for the alleged gang-rape of a minor girl in the Dum Dum area of the West Bengal capital. The victim is a 14-year-old student in Class 7, according to a report. She had gone for tuition on Saturday evening when the incident occurred, police sources quoted in the report said.
The accused have been identified as Sanju Saha, Vicky Paswan, and Rajesh Paswan.
Police arrested all three and charged them under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS). The charges include gang-rape and forceful confinement. While one of the accused, Sanju Saha, has been remanded for five days of police custody, the other two, Rajesh and Vicky Paswan, were sent for a day in judicial custody.
Local workers of the state's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a protest outside the Dum Dum police station on Sunday morning, seeking strong action from the Trinamool Congress government led by Mamata Banerjee.
According to the report, the girl knew one of the three accused and was with him at a park for some time before the other two joined them. After reaching the park, the three accused allegedly took the girl by force in an e-rickshaw to a house in Motilal Colony.
The victim told police she was tortured and gang-raped at the house.
The girl managed to escape the captivity and returned home that night in an unstable condition. She then narrated the entire incident to her parents, who immediately went to the police and lodged a complaint at Dum Dum Police Station. The police acted promptly following the complaint and arrested the three accused, the report stated.
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