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

PATNA: Police arrested four youths on Saturday for the alleged gang rape of a minor girl at a village under the Darauda police station area in Siwan on Friday evening.According to sources, the 15-year-old was gang-raped when she had gone to a nearby field to answer the call of nature. The accused, who belonged to the same village, were arrested soon after the survivor’s father reported the incident to police on Saturday.“The accused — Pratap, Ashish, Qayamuddin and Aftab — were taken to the sadar hospital where their blood samples were collected. They were later handed over to the women’s police station as the complaint had been lodged there,” Darauda police station SHO Rajendra Singh told this newspaper.The girl was also sent to the hospital for medical examination. “Her statement will be recorded in court,” an investigating officer said.Girl molested: A minor girl was allegedly molested by one Pankaj Sharma at a village under the Sakurabad police station area in Jehanabad district on Friday evening. Police said the girl was returning home from a grocery.