Minor Dalit girl gang raped, sister molested in Sonipat

A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped while her minor sister was sexually assaulted by three men, including a relative of the victims, police said today.
The accused identified as Ajay, a distant cousin of victims, and his friends Balram and Pradeep were arrested today, Sonipat's Baroda police station Inspector Rajpal said.
According to police, the girls were allegedly abducted from their schools by the accused yesterday and taken to agricultural fields in Banvasa village here where one of them was allegedly gang raped while her 16-year-old sister was sexually assaulted.
All the accused were booked under different sections, including 376 (rape), of the IPC, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and SC/ST Act, police said.

The girls were threatened of dire consequences if they disclosed the incident to anyone, police said, adding the victims' statements were recorded before a magistrate.