3 arrested for rape of minor in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Three persons who lured a 15-year-old girl with offers in movies and raped her were arrested by the Banjara Hills police on Thursday. The trio — Shaik Akbar, 21, from Nalgonda, Tumu Venkareddy, 22, from Prakasam district and N. Paparao alias Ganesh, 31, from Visakhapatnam,  — work as assistant directors in the film industry. The girl’s neighbor, Kumar. is absconding.

According to the police, the girl was reported missing and traced 15 days ago, when she complained about the rape.