Sonbhadra (UP), Dec 4 (PTI) Five men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman, police said.

On Saturday, the victim's parents informed the police that their daughter had been missing for a day. Following this, a case was registered and the girl was found on Tuesday, police said.

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She told the police that the accused -- Neeraj Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Shyam Sundar Yadav, Vimlesh Paswan and Bindu Gupta -- took her from her residence and gang-raped her, Additional Superintendent of Police Tribhuvan Nath Tripathi said.

Based on her statement, the police on Tuesday registered a case under sections 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 333 (house trespass after preparation for assault, wrongful restraint) and 70(1) (gang rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he said

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All five accused were arrested and further investigation is underway, he added.

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