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DEHRADUN: Five boys - aged nine to 14 years old - lured an eight-year-old girl to a house and gangraped her on Thursday in Sahaspur area of Dehradun , two days after watching porn on a mobile. The incident was reported to police on Friday. All the five boys were taken into custody and sent to a juvenile correction home.

According to police, the boys who live in the same locality as the girl lured her to a house belonging to one of their friends while she was playing outside her house.

One of the boys told police that they planned to commit the crime after watching a porn movie on a mobile phone two days before the incident. "These boys targeted the girl as they were aware that she remains alone in the house during that period of the day. They had planned the crime a couple of days earlier," said Naresh Rathore, in-charge of Sahaspur police station.

He added that "a case of rape has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act." "The boys were taken into custody on Sunday and were presented before the juvenile court, from where they were sent to a correction home." The police also detained the boy on whose mobile boys watched porn. Meanwhile police said the survivor the recuperating at home.

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