Gumla: Four persons were arrested on Thursday for abducting and raping two minor girls in Gumla on Wednesday night, police said on Friday.Police also seized the four-wheeler used to commit the crime.The incident occurred late on Wednesday night when the two girls and two boys were returning from a wedding. The four accused, who was also coming back from the same event, forced the girls and the boys to enter his car. One of the boys managed to flee, but the other three were forcibly taken to Balaghat where the girls were gang-raped.After the incident, the girls managed to escape. The boy could not flee, so the accused took him back to the village from where he was abducted. Meanwhile, the boy who had managed to escape earlier informed the police who then arrested the accused in the early hours of Thursday.The officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station concerned said, “Both the victims are minors and were gang-raped by four persons. The four accused were sent to judicial custody on Thursday.”
