India News | 8 Held for Raping Minor in Maharashtra's Palghar
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Eight men have been arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in Palghar, the police said on Sunday.
Palghar (Maharashtra) [India], December 18 (ANI): Eight men have been arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Sunday.
According to the Palghar police, on Saturday afternoon, the victim's family lodged a complaint at the police station that the girl had not come home since 8 o'clock on Friday.
The police immediately filed a complaint and got involved in the investigation.
On Saturday evening, the girl was found in a forest by the seashore, the police said.
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According to police, the girl told them that she was taken by one of the accused on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday to a vacant bungalow in the Satpati's Mahim area where the eight men sexually assaulted her.
All the accused allegedly raped the girl till Saturday morning and then threw her in a forest and ran away, the police said.
The police have detained eight men on the basis of the victim's statement and have registered a case against the them at Palghar's Satpati police station under relevant sections of the IPC and POCSO Act. (ANI)
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