13-yr-old teen girl gangraped in Amritsar; 2 held

September 6, 2023 - PatialaPolitics

13-yr-old teen girl gangraped in Amritsar; 2 held

A 13-year-old girl of Nepal origin was allegedly gang-raped by five youths in New Mahindra Colony here on Monday night.

The incident occurred in the wee hours when the victim and her brother was sleeping on the first floor of the house. “At around 4 am, I woke up due to a power cut and found my sister missing from our terrace. When I found her, she started crying. She told me that the persons on the terrace of our neighbour’s house had called and raped her. There were five accused.”

Police have identified six accused as Billi, Parteek, Shiva, Soham, Arsh and Harsh of Amritsar. Assistant commissioner of police (ACP-East) Gurinderbir Singh said, “Two of the accused—Billi and Arsh—have been arrested.”