Bhopal, Nov 17 A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 65-year-old watchman and two others several times in the last three months here, following which the accused were arrested, police said today.
According to primary investigations, the victim, a class 5 student, was gangraped twice or thrice in the last three months. She was last raped on November 12, Jehangirabad police station’s Inspector Preetam Singh Thakur told PTI.
The watchman, Nanhu Lal, Gokul Panwala (45) and Gyanendra Pandit (36) allegedly raped the girl in the house of one Suman Pandey (50), who has also been apprehended, he said.
The girl’s mother had registered a complaint with the police yesterday, the officer said.
The victim’s mother noticed that her daughter was depressed and quiet since the last few days. When asked, the the girl initially did not speak but later narrated her ordeal to her mother, he said.
Thakur said the accused, who lived in the same locality of the girl, had threatened the victim of dire consequences if she revealed the incident to anyone.
Source: PTI
