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JAIPUR/ALWAR: Three different cases of gang-rape, including two of minors, were registered in Alwar district in the span of 24 hours (Saturday-Sunday).

A 15-year-old was allegedly abducted by three youths on Saturday night in Alwar’s Thanagazi and gang-raped in a forested area. She told the police that when she was trying to escape the alleged rapists, she fell in a shallow well, from where the villagers pulled her out.

A police complaint was filed. A case under IPC section 376 D (gang-rape) and under the POCSO Act was registered. Preliminary investigations and her medical examination confirmed rape. “The villagers caught the accused and handed them over to the police,” said Vishnaram Bishnoi, ASP Alwar (Rural). Two of the accused are in their 20s, while one of them is a minor.The previous day, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by four men in Alwar’s Dhabla. She said in her complaint that the accused also threatened to make the assault video public if she reports the crime. She filed a complaint on Saturday morning. All four accused have been arrested.

On Sunday, a 35-year-old woman in Raini alleged two men had barged into her house and sexually assaulted her. When she cried for help, they fled on a bike. Police have registered a case and her medical examination has been conducted.

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

