Two people were arrested on Tuesday for raping a 14-year-old mentally unstable girl in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana. The girl, however, was gangraped by three people, police said, adding the third accused is absconding and a hunt to nab him is on.
According to the police, the victim was kidnapped from Manuguru town, from where the three accused took her to an isolated place on a bike.
The accused, in their mid-20s, sexually assaulted the victim late Monday evening.
The parents of the girl searched for her after they were informed by some passerby, that she had been taken on a bike. She was later found near the roadside bushes, following which a complaint was lodged with the police.
During investigation, police nabbed two of the accused during a vehicle-check,a police official said adding the girl was shifted to a hospital and they registered a case under relevant sections of IPC and POCSO Act.