Two rapes in Assam, four arrested

A 19-year old woman was allegedly gangraped in Assam's Goalpara district and a minor girl was raped by a 60-year old in the state's Morigaon district on Thursday and four persons have been arrested in connection with the two cases, police said today.

The woman was allegedly gangraped by her friend and three others on Thursday night in an agriculture field at Tukura Part-III village in Goalpara district, according to its superintendent of police Amitabh Sinha.

Villagers detained a man and the woman and informed the police early today. The police rushed to the spot and rescued the victim who was found in a drugged state, Sinha said.

During investigation it was found that the woman had come to Tukura with her friend, who hails from Barpeta district and were then taken by another person to his maternal uncle's house in the village for Eid celebrations.

In the night the two men along with two others of the same village allegedly raped the woman, the SP said.

The girl has been admitted to Goalpara civil hospital and police have registered a case and arrested her friend, the man whom they met in the village and the maternal uncle. Search is on for the fourth man, the SP said adding investigations into the incident are on.

In the other incident a 10-year-old was allegedly raped by a 60-year-old man in a remote Charbori Nigam village in Morigaon district, the police said.

Local people lodged a complaint with the police, who arrested the man.