3 Punjab tourists arrested for gang rape of 2 students in Manali

  • | Thursday | 28th June, 2018

The other two accused, both residents of Kullu district, have not been arrested yet.The minor survivor’s statement suggests both she and friend had been raped by the men. The minor has complained of gang rape by three persons from Bathinda. “The tourists stayed at guesthouses at Rangari, Vashisht and Manali. The police are offering counselling to the adult survivor so that she joins the investigation.The police revealed that the two schoolgirls wanted to go to Manali from Kullu on June 15. There could be more revelations after arrests of the remaining two accused.”

MANALI: Two schoolgirls from Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district were allegedly raped by five men, including three tourists from Bathinda in Punjab, after they took a lift in their car to go to Manali.Medical examination of one of the schoolgirls, a minor, has confirmed rape, but the other student, who is an adult, has refused to get a medical examination.The minor survivor filed a rape complaint with the Kullu police after which three of the accused were arrested from Punjab. The other two accused, both residents of Kullu district, have not been arrested yet.The minor survivor’s statement suggests both she and friend had been raped by the men. The police are offering counselling to the adult survivor so that she joins the investigation.The police revealed that the two schoolgirls wanted to go to Manali from Kullu on June 15. They reached Seobag on their own and then hitched a ride in a tourist car. After the girls failed to return home, their parents filed missing reports on June 17 and the police traced the two of them in Manali on June 19.In her complaint, the survivor told the police 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 the two of them 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.Kullu superintendent of police Shalini Agnihotri said both the girls stayed with the accused till evening and had dinner and consumed alcohol with them. “The tourists stayed at guesthouses at Rangari, Vashisht and Manali. The minor has complained of gang rape by three persons from Bathinda. And her statement is pointing at involvement of two more persons from Kullu, who were also with them,” the SP said.The SP said that remaining two accused are still at large and police are searching for them. “We are cross-examining the statement (made by the minor). Hopefully, the other girl would help the police after proper counseling. There could be more revelations after arrests of the remaining two accused.”

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