2 Minors Booked For Raping Classmate In Car After Offering Her Ride

Mumbai: Two minors have been booked for allegedly raping and assaulting their 17-year-old classmate in a car in Punjab, police said.

The accused are residents of Khanna’s Guru Nanak Nagar and Navi Abadi areas. Both are absconding since the incident.

The victim’s mother told that on Wednesday her daughter had gone to buy books with another girl from her class. After a few hours, she returned home alone crying loudly.

The victim told her mother that when she and her friend were on their way to the market, they clashed with the accused who had offered to give them a lift in their car. Since both were her classmates, the victim and her friend accepted the offer.

After driving for some distance, the accused asked the victim’s friend to get down. Before the victim could understand anything, the accused closed the car door and eloped with her.

When they reached the entrance of Radha Swami Vatika in Sun City Colony, the accused stopped the car and one of them raped her. Thereafter, they pushed him out of the car and fled.

Inspector Rajinder Kaur of Khanna City 2 police station said that after recording the statement of the victim, a case under Section 376- D (rape which also includes a clause of bearing the medical expenses and rehabilitation of the victim) and 354 (any man who assaults or uses criminal force to any woman) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered.

Since the victim is a minor, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act has also been invoked.

“Both the accused are minors and on the run. Efforts are on to nab them,” said the inspector.

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