According to police, the incident occurred in Punasa area two nights ago. After the assault, the accused allegedly attempted to kill the woman by throwing her, along with her cot, into a nearby well.
According to the police, the incident was reported on Thursday, and the victim was admitted in an unconscious state to a hospital.
The Ranaghat Additional District Judge (ADJ) court on Tuesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the gang rape and death of a 14-year-old girl in Hanskhali in April 2022, while handing varied prison terms to six others, including political figures linked to the main perpetrator.
Congratulating the police for nabbing the accused within a day by acting swiftly, Chief Minister M K Stalin said no amount of strong words would suffice to condemn the inhuman crime.
She allegedly gang-raped by three people after they lured her on the pretext of introducing her to a music composer.
The accused raped a 19-year-old model inside a moving car in Kochi. They were charged under sections for criminal conspiracy, rape, and kidnapping among others.
Inspector General of Police, Rakesh Singh, has ordered a probe into a case in which a 70-year-old man has been booked for gang-rape along with four others.
The incident occurred on August 16 when the victim stepped out of her home in a village under Murar police station in Buxar district to buy copies.
The police filed a FIR against the four accused, including two others who facilitated the assault by guarding the room in which the crime was committed, from outside, in a case of gangrape and wrongful confinement based on the woman’s complaint.
The juvenile delinquents are aged between 10 to 14 years. During questioning, they reportedly confessed to the crime. They were booked under Section 376D (gang rape) of IPC and section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012.
