IMPHAL: Police have arrested at least seven persons, including a juvenile, in connection with the gang-rape of two underage school students on the night of April 14. On Wednesday, the seven were produced before the special court of Pocso, Imphal East. While the juvenile was sent to an observation home, the six youths were remanded in police custody for seven days.The incident took place when four students, two boys two girls, were travelling on motorcycles around Imphal to witness Thabal Chongba, a cultural dance, on the occasion of Cheiraoba Festival. They were waylaid by the miscreants around 8.30 pm in Khurai The minor girls were forcibly pushed inside the car by the miscreants and were taken to a hillock nearby, said a police source. He added that the boys were also made to ride pillon on motorcycles up to the spot. While the two boys were kept separately, the girls were taken to a nearby secluded place where they were gang-raped.

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