PATNA: Four days after a lovelorn Asansol girl had to undergo the ignominy of gang rape by an auto driver and his five associates, Patna police on Saturday nabbed four of her tormentors.
The teenaged girl, a resident of Gurudwara Road at Burnpur, Asansol, was found lying unconscious on the Patna-Masaurhi road on April 13. Patna SSP Alok Kumar said the girl eloped with one Ravi Kumar and the duo reached Patna by a train around 9pm on April 12. While on the way to Kadamkuan in an auto, the couple had a tiff following which Ravi got down and disappeared.
Finding the girl alone, auto driver Ravindra Yadav took her to Agamkuan from where they boarded another three-wheeler along with Yadav’s five associates. At a desolate place on the Patna-Masaurhi road, they raped the girl and left her abandoned after she became unconscious.
The SSP said a police team led by City SP Shivdeep Lande and probationer ASP Harpreet Kaur launched a manhunt and tracked Ravindra, Santosh Kumar, Deena Nath Sao and Madhu Kumar. They have been arrested while efforts are on to hunt out their two associates. Police are also on the lookout for the girl’s friend, Ravi.
The girl’s father, who works in a factory at Burnpur, is currently in New Delhi in connection with the treatment of a relative. Since he is not in a position to travel to Patna immediately to take back his daughter, the girl has been kept in a remand home,” a police official said.