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A case of gangrape has been registered against the accused at Satpati police station, a spokesperson of the Palghar district rural police said (Representational photo)
The incident took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, in which the accused raped the girl at a secluded bungalow in her village before taking her to the beach, where they again sexually assaulted her, they said.
A teenage girl was allegedly raped by eight men in a village in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, following which the police arrested all the accused, an official said on Sunday.
The incident took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, in which the accused raped the girl at a secluded bungalow in her village before taking her to the beach, where they again sexually assaulted her, they said.
A spokesperson of Palghar district rural police said that a case of gangrape has been registered against the accused at Satpati police station. The age of the victim is about 16 years. “In her complaint lodged on Saturday, the victim stated that her agony started at 8 pm on December 16 and continued till 10 am the next day, during which the accused took her to an empty bungalow in Mahim village, where he sexually assaulted her. They took turns raping her. , Later, they also took her to the seashore, where they again sexually assaulted her in the bushes.”
Based on her complaint, the police arrested eight accused in the early hours of Sunday and booked them under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 376(D) (gang-rape), 366(A) ( earnings) are included. of a minor girl), 341 (wrongful restraint), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, he said.
Further investigation is on.
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