Minor girl from West Bengal gang-raped in Jharkhand's Dumka

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A minor girl from West Bengal has been allegedly raped by five people in Jharkhand's Dumka district, reported PTI. The minor had come to attend a wedding ceremony, police said on Thursday.

As per the PTI report, the victim registered a complaint at the Shikaripara police station, which is around 310 km away from Jharkhand's capital Ranchi.

"The incident took place on the intervening night of June 11 and June 12. The process of registering FIR is being completed. Some persons have been detained in connection to the case," the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Dumka, Pitamber Singh Kherwar, told PTI.

As per Kherwar, the girl in her complaint said that she was raped by five people.

"The girl is minor but her actual age is yet to be ascertained, which is being verified," the SP further added.

The victim told the police that she had come to Jharkhand from West Bengal to attend a wedding ceremony in a village within the jurisdiction of the Shikaripara police station.

"She was roaming around on the night of June 11 when she was gang-raped," the SP said, quoting her complaint.

Shikaripara police station in-charge Hari Prasad Shah said that the victim was sent to a hospital for medical examination.

Non-bailable arrest warrant issued against ex-CM Yediyurappa in POCSO case

A non-bailable arrest warrant against former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa in a POCSO case was issued by a Bengaluru court on Thursday .

As per the PTI report, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case against Yediyurappa, had earlier summoned him for questioning.

He, however, had sought time to appear before the investigation officer of the CID.

The BJP veteran, who is also a member of the party's parliamentary board, is currently in Delhi. As per the report, he is likely to join the probe after he returns, sources close to him have said.

According to police, Yediyurappa has been booked under the POCSO Act and Section 354 A (Sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl who accused the poltician of sexually assaulting her daughter during a meeting on February 2 this year. The incidence allegedly took place at his residence in Dollars Colony in Bengaluru.

On March 14, hours after the Sadashivanagar police registered the case, it was tranferred to the CID for further investigation with immediate effect based on the order of Karnataka Director General of Police Alok Mohan.

As per the PTI report, the 54-year-old woman, who had leveled the charge against Yediyurappa, died at a private hospital here last month, due to lung cancer.

The 81-year-old Yediyurappa has denied the charge and asserted that he would fight the case legally.

In April, the CID collected the voice sample of Yediyurappa after summoning him to the office.

Meanwhile, the government has appointed Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Ashok H. Nayak to represent the CID in the case.

Yediyurappa has moved the court seeking quashing of the FIR.