BANDA: A minor mentally-challenged girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped here, police said on Sunday.
The 12-year-old victim had gone to a marriage function Thursday night, from where she went missing.
She was found in an unconscious condition here Friday night, SHO, Kotwali police station, Bhaskar Mishra said.
Citing a complaint lodged in this regard, he said two unidentified men abducted the girl, and then raped her.
The officer said rape was confirmed in the medical report of the girl.
Mishra added that a case of abduction and gang-rape has been registered against the unidentified culprits and efforts are on to arrest them.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)