Daijiworld Media Network - Shivamogga (SP)
Shivamogga, Dec 8: In connection with the gangrape of a minor girl inside a car, the women's police station personnel have arrested two of the accused. The arrested accused are said to be Manoj and another. The police have not been revealing the name of the other arrested accused.
It is said that the minor was taken by four persons in a car after which they had raped her. The minor was looking after her sick mother, who was being treated in the McGann Hospital here for coronavirus infection. Ward boy of the hospital was said to be among those who raped the girl.
Vehicle used in the crime and Manoj
A woman from Tarikere in Chikkamagaluru district was under treatment at the said hospital. Her 16-year-old daughter used to take care of her mother by remaining outside the ward. Since the last few days, ward boy of the hospital Manoj, had developed friendship with the girl by helping her to get food, snacks etc. For the last three days, it was hard to get food items as section 144 was in force there. Misusing the situation, Manoj assured the girl that she would be taken out on Saturday night for dinner. The girl trusted him and agreed to his proposal.
Before that, Manoj had drawn up a plan in connivance with his friends. He had asked friends Prajwal and Vinay, to wait with a car outside the hospital. As planned, Manoj led the girl towards the car. It is said that along with Manoj, Prajwal and Vinay, as well as another person was inside the car. Manoj was the first to rape the girl seated in the back. Thereafter, his friends took turns to rape her. Later, they dropped her at the hospital.
The girl, shocked at the development, informed her mother. After the matter was explained to the staff of the Sakhi centre of the hospital, the girl was admitted and tested. She was provided with personal counselling and is being treated now.
The police are on the lookout for the other accused.