Belagavi: In a shocking incident, a minor girl who was kidnapped and gangraped by three persons for over last two-and-a-half months in Belagavi, has been rescued by the police on Monday. After her kidnap on June 20 from Khanapur, the three kidnappers had kept her captive in a room at Azam Nagar in Belagavi.
Two men from Nagoda, Khanapur, identified as Gopal Parwadkar (27) and Balram Naik (27) abducted the girl from Khanapur under the pretext of dropping her to her father, who they said was waiting for her on June 20. On the same day, the duo took her inside the dense Khanapur forest and raped her.
According to the police, they later took her to Azam Nagar in Belagavi, where they were joined by their friend Ramesh Chougala and all three gangraped her for several days in a room.
After exploiting her for several days in June and July, the two allegedly sold her to Ramesh, who kept her in Azam Nagar and raped her until the police traced the girl on Monday.
Meanwhile, a case was lodged by girl's parents at Khanapur after she went missing in June. The police did come across some clues, but they could not trace her for some time. The incident of gangrape came to light only after she was traced by the police.
Soon after the girl was traced, the police arrested Ramesh in Belagavi and got to know the identity of the two other kidnappers, who are yet to be arrested and manhunt is on to nab them. Khanapur police have registered a case against the trio.
