Meerut: Three minors, including two girls and a boy, were allegedly raped and sodomised by three persons in two separate incidents in a village under Partapur police station in the district, police said on Thursday.
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two teenagers on Tuesday when she went to a nearby shop in her village to purchase some items.
The two teenagers, residents of the same village, lured her to a nearby agriculture field and raped her, police said. The victim's family complained that as some locals were pressurising them, they were not able to report the matter on Tuesday itself, they said.
On the basis of their complaint, the accused aged 16 and 17 years respectively were on Wednesday booked for rape under various sections of IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, they said.
Medical examination of the victim was conducted on Wednesday police said, adding the efforts were on to nab the accused.
In the second incident, 22-year-old Wasim on Wednesday lured a boy and a girl, both aged five years and were playing together outside their house, to a nearby jungle and sodomised and raped them respectively, police said.
The children narrated the ordeal to their parents who in turn complained to Partapur police about it, they said. On the basis of their complaint, an FIR was registered against Wasim and a search was launched to him, they said.
