A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped at Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police said on Friday. Superintendent of Police, Birbhum, Nagendra Nath Tripathi said that a complaint had been lodged and necessary medical tests were being carried out
“The incident occurred between 1.30 a.m. to 2. 20 a.m. in the night. The victim and a boy had come to a Charak mela (fair). After that, they were talking to each other at a lonely place when four or five men came and dragged the girl away near the river bed and raped her,” Mr. Tripathi told journalists.
The police are trying to identify the accused based on the description provided by the girl. According to the police, the girl is from a tribal community and the accused could be from outside the district.
