Army cooperating with police in finding rape accused jawans

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Dec 29 2015 | 4:22 PM IST
Army is cooperating with the police in tracing the two jawans accused in the rape case of a minor girl during a train journey to Amritsar.
"Police are doing all the investigation and we are co-operating with them. We are sharing all the information we have so that the accused can be caught and action taken against them as per the law of the land," Army sources said today.
A 14-year-old girl from Kolkata was allegedly raped by two Army jawans inside a compartment of the Howrah-Amritsar Express yesterday.
Third jawan who allegedly compelled her to consume alcohol has already been arrested from Madhupur railway station in Jharkhand.
Sources said the jawan is posted in Kolkata at the Eastern Command headquarters.
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First Published: Dec 29 2015 | 4:22 PM IST

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