MANALI: Kullu police have arrested two more youths in connection with the gang rape with two students of Kullu, of whom one is a minor. Police have already arrested three youths from Bathinda in Punjab in the case, after the minor survivor lodged a complaint.Kullu superintendent of police Shalini Agnihotri said the two accused arrested on Thursday are residents of Banjar area in Kullu. "The accused have been identified as Dur Singh aka Dipu and Mine Ram. Both would be produced before the court. We are investigating and cross-checking their role in the crime," she said.Two students from Kullu, who took a lift in a car from Seobag village on June 15, were reported missing by their parents two days later. Police traced the two of them in Manali on June 19.In her complaint, the survivor told cops that she and her friend had been raped by the men who had given them a lift till Manali. She revealed the registration number of the vehicle in which they had taken a lift and this helped the police to trace the three men from Punjab to Bathinda and they were arrested on June 24. The three men, identified as Amandeep (28), Ishu (23) and Akshay (23) have already been sent to judicial custody.Police investigation revealed that the girls had dinner with the tourists and also had hard drink with them. Two other persons from Kullu joined them and they stayed at guesthouses in Rangari, Manali town and Vashisht areas of the town. Police are now cross examining statements of all the accused.

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