10-year-old girl raped by youth during wedding ceremony

Meerut | Sunday | 18th February, 2018

Summary:

The girl, along with her family members, had come to attend the function on Saturday night.A youth, Shubham Kumar, picked up the girl and took her behind the banquet hall and raped her. When family members of the girl found her missing from the function venue, they started searching for her. Bijnor: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old youth on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday when she went to attend a marriage function with her family in Bijnor’s Dhampur city. The accused, Shubham Kumar, fled after allegedly committing the crime and is still on the run.Soon after raping her, the youth left the girl on a lonely stretch behind the banquet hall. The girl has been sent to district hospital for medical examination and police have booked the accused under section 376 (rape) and stringent POSCO Act..