Kanpur: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her maternal uncle and a truck driver while they were taking her in a truck towards Ghatampur, police said on Friday.According to police, the girl jumped from the moving truck near the Aliyapur Toll Plaza on the Kanpur-Sagar Highway, reached her home and narrated the entire ordeal to her family.As per the complaint filed by the girl’s father, his brother-in-law lured the girl and took her in a truck on Thursday.He alleged that the girl was raped by the duo in the moving truck and was physically assaulted when she resisted.The complainant further alleged that the accused threatened to kill the girl if she disclosed the incident to anyone.Ghatampur ACP Krishnakant said that a case has been registered under relevant sections, including the Pocso Act, and that the truck driver and the minor’s maternal uncle have been taken into custody. He said the accused would be produced before a court on Friday and subsequently sent to jail.The girl has been sent for medical examination, and further investigation is underway.
