Hyderabad: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by three youths near Ibrahimpatnam after they rendered her unconscious. The incident occurred on December 21, 2013, but came to light on Monday when the victim lodged a complaint.

According to Vanasthalipuram ACP Anand Bhaskar, the victim, a resident of Bangalore, is an Intermediate first year student of a vocational college at Nalgonda Crossroads near Malakpet. The accused also stay nearby and were known to her.

The police said that a family was earlier staying at the victim’s house in Manneguda and the tenant’s son, one of the accused and a minor boy studying Intermediate second year in a private college, had befriended her.

It was through him, that she came to know another minor, an electrician. The third accused, Srinivas, runs a store at the victim’s locality, from where she had bought a SIM card few months ago.

In her complaint, the victim said that the three accused would send her threatening messages on her phone, asking her to meet them. She said that they were repeatedly harassing her and warned her of dire consequences if she did not meet them.

On December 21, when she was returning from college, the accused asked her to get down at the Manneguda bus stop. They then took her into some bushes between Manneguda and Ibrahimpatnam.

She said that they had pressed a handkerchief doused with some substance against her nose and she lost consciousness after which they allegedly raped her.