Three arrested for raping a 15-yr-old in Gujarat, one accused absconding

Ahmedabad: With the memory of the alleged gangrape in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras still fresh in the people's minds, two more such incidents -- reported from Gujarat -- have added to the concerns over safety for women. Five people were arrested in two separate cases of rape in Gujarat, police said on Sunday. One of the cases pertains to the rape of a teenaged girl.

A Jamnagar C-Division police official stated that a 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by four persons when she went to meet a friend on September 28 last. The incident reportedly occurred in Jamnagar's Khodiyar colony.

According to police, three of the four accused were arrested on Sunday, while one is absconding.

According to reports, the victim complained about the incident to her mother after which a case under section 376D (gang-rape) of IPC and provisions of the POCSO Act was filed.

In another shocking rape incident reported from the same state, a 35-year-old woman was allegedly threatened and raped by two persons on several occasions in the last 15 days at Santrampur town of Gujarat''s Mahisagar district.

Officials said that the accused got the mobile number of the victim from a phone recharge booth, after which they hatched a plan to rape the woman.

Around two weeks ago, they threatened and called her at their place and raped her. They raped her again on October 2.

After this incident came to light, an FIR was lodged at Santrampur police station under sections 376 (D) (gangrape) and 507 (criminal intimidation) etc, and both accused were arrested.

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