4 held for raping minor girl in Patna

PATNA: A minor girl from Nepal was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by six youths at Ram Nagri under Rajeev Nagar police station in the city on Monday evening. A woman spotted the girl crying while coming out from a secluded place behind Paras Nath Garden and informed the police.


Women police station SHO Arti Kumar Jaiswal told TOI that the victim, aged around 15 years, is a native of Sarlahi area in Nepal.

She said four youths were arrested on Monday night from different locations in Rajeev Nagar. “The accused used to follow the girl. The victim had reached Patna from Nepal in January to help her elder sister, who is pregnant. Her sister and brother-in-law live in a slum area of Rajeev Nagar and earn livelihood by selling vegetables. The girl had also started working as a domestic help,” the SHO said.

“The arrested youths were identified as Anshu Kumar alias Karu, Mantu Kumar, Roshan Kumar and Vikash Kumar,” the SHO said. They are 18 to 20 years old and worked as daily wagers. They lived at Rajeev Nagar, she added. The two other accused, Sudhir Kumar and Jai Prakash, were absconding and raids were on to nab them.

The victim was returning home after finishing domestic work in an apartment when the youths kidnapped and raped her while she kept begging for mercy, the SHO quoted the girl as saying. “An FIR was lodged against the accused under relevant sections of IPC and POCSO Act on the victim’s statement recorded by the police,” she said.

The SHO said Anshu and Roshan belong to Harnaut in Nalanda while Mantu is from Sirsha at Hajipur in Vaishali and Vikas from Harshanchak diara at Akilpur in Patna district.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)