Tripura police arrest four youths in connection with rape of two minors
By Firstdespatch Desk Dec 06, 2022
Agartala, Dec 06 (FD) Tripura police have arrested four youths in connection with two separate incidents of rape of two minors within few hours of the incidents were reported to the police stations in two districts of the state on Monday.
Police arrested three youths for allegedly raping a minor tribal girl in Tripura’s Gomati district, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The three youths were arrested from the Raiyabari area of the district after a case of gang rape was registered against them, the officer said.
According to police, a 15-year-old-girl of Udaipur sub-division was in a relationship with one of the accused for around one year.
The youth had called the girl to come to Raiyabari area and accordingly she went there on Saturday. The youth took the girl to an abandoned place where two of his friends were waiting. They raped the girl and left her in a sub-conscious condition, said Officer-in-Charge of Killa police station, Lakhshyabir Jamatia.
In another incident at Chailengta in Dhalai district, police arrested a youth identified as Ashit Debbarma (23) within few hours of the incident was registered at the police station on Monday, a statement issued by police department said.
Police arrested accused under POCSO and other related acts.
All accused persons would be produced before court soon for further legal action. FD PD JK