India News | 15-year-old Girl Raped by 5 Persons in Tripura

Agartala, Aug 19 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five persons in Tripura's Sepahijala district, police said on Wednesday.

The five persons forcibly took the girl to a jungle near Dewan Bazar area and raped her while she was returning from her elder sister's house on Sunday night, the police said.

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The girl informed her parents about her ordeal on Monday and they lodged a complaint at Bishrampur police station on the same day.

Police has arrested one person on the basis of the complaint while the rest four are absconding, an officer said.

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The girl is admitted at Bishramganj hospital.

The arrested person was produced before a local court which remanded him to five-days judicial custody.

Meanwhile, parents of a 17-year old girl at Teliamura in Khowai district lodged a police complaint on Tuesday against a man for raping their daughter repeatedly and also blackmailing her.

The accused was arrested on Wednesday, the police said.

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