Pramesh S Jain
The Hanumanthanagar police on Thursday arrested a gang of five for gang rape and abetment .
The accused have been identified as Venkatesh,Chethan, Babu,Lekhan and Abhishek.
Senior officer said,The accused Venkatesh befriended the victim,studying first PU aged around 17 years on social media and used to force her to meet him.
The victim would come to her grandparents house in Srinagar and slip out of the house late in the night to meet him.
On January 18,as per the instruction of Venkatesh came the girl came to her grandparents house and ventured out clandestinely.
Venkatesh along with his friend Lekhan took her to their friends apartment in Guttahalli and raped her after sending his friends out.
Meanwhile grandfather who woke up in the middle of the night to notice she is missing.
He alerted the police and soon massive search was launched in and around the area.
The accused who was bringing back her home realized that everyone is searching her.Sensing trouble Venkatesh dropped her near a bus stop in the wee hours and sped way.
The police later found the victim sitting in the bus stop and took her home.
A detailed questioning led the victim to confess that she had been subjected to sexual assault.
Based on the statement by the victim the Hanumanthanagar police inspector and team swung into action and nabbed five persons.
The victim also told the family that she was taken in a car in November last year to a park and gang raped by Venkatesh,Abhishek and Babu .
Based on the complaint by grandfather,the police arrested Venkatesh,Babu,Abhishek,Lekhan and Chethan.
Based on victim statement,they were booked under POCSO and charged with gang rape. One of the friends who was also involved in the crime is absconding, and efforts are on to find him, a police officer added.