Additional investigation is underway, say cops (Representational)
Raisen:
A 15-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a truck driver whereas his two associates restrained {the teenager}’s male good friend in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district, an official stated on Sunday.
Police have arrested two individuals, together with the truck driver, in reference to the alleged crime dedicated in Siyarmau forest on Silwani-Sagar Highway, some 110 km from the district headquarters, on Saturday night, he stated.
{The teenager} and her 21-year-old male good friend had been returning after visiting the Vandevi temple within the space after they parked their two-wheeler and entered the forest, stated Silwani’s Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anil Maurya.
On the identical time, a truck broke down following which its driver, later recognized as Sanju Adivasi (21), and his two buddies additionally went contained in the forest, the place they noticed the woman and her good friend.
The trio thrashed the younger man and snatched the important thing of his motorbike, he stated, citing the FIR.
The motive force took the woman deep contained in the forest and allegedly raped her, whereas his associates restrained her good friend, the official stated.
After the three accused left, the woman and the youth walked to the highway and alerted some policemen who had been passing by.
Police registered a case in opposition to Sanju Adivasi and his associates Shivnarayan Advasi and Akshay Ahirwar beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 64 (rape), 70-1 (gang rape) and the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he stated.
Sanju and Shivnarayan have been arrested, whereas Ahirwar is on the run, the official stated.
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