Gumla (Jharkhand), February 20 Four individuals have been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping two girls in the Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred on Wednesday in the Kamdara Police Station area when the two girls, along with their two friends, were returning home from a wedding ceremony on a two-wheeler, a senior officer said.
"Both victims are minors and were gang-raped by four individuals. The accused have been arrested and sent to judicial custody on Thursday. All four accused hail from different parts of Jharkhand's Simdega district," Kamdara Police Station in-charge Mukesh Kumar said.
The accused, who were travelling in a four-wheeler, stopped the two girls and their friends near Arhara village and forcibly took three of them into their car, he said, citing the statements of the victims.
"The four individuals took them to a deserted place near the Balagaht Koyal river and raped the two girls," the OC said.
The accused have been booked under various sections of the BNS and the POCSO Act, he added.
