Mohali 16 Year Old Girl On Way To School Abducted Gangraped

In an incident that has raised questions over women’s security in the densely populated Zirakpur area, a 16-year-old girl on way to school was allegedly abducted, taken to an undisclosed location and gangraped by three unidentified men.

What’s shocking is the fact that the men, after abandoning her near a mall after the first instance – in broad daylight – again abducted her the next day and gangraped her.

The following morning, August 7, she again left for school around 7.30am. The same men allegedly intercepted her in the same white car, abducted her and gangraped her for a second time.

Victim rang up mother from a shopkeeper’s phone

Was found unconscious by passersby near a gift shop

According to the police, the accused had taken her to an undisclosed location and assaulted her. When she regained consciousness and resisted the assault, the accused allegedly again used the sedative on her before abandoning her near a gift shop in Baltana around 5pm. Passersby found her in a semi-conscious condition and gave her water. After regaining consciousness, she had used a shopkeeper’s phone to call her parents. Her family reached the spot and took her to the police.

The family also handed police a slip that the girl said one of the accused had placed in her pocket several days before the alleged incidents. The slip reportedly carried the name “Vijay Saini” and a phone number.

Zirkapur station house officer Jasbir Singh said no one has been arrested yet but raids are on. He added that police have formed teams to identify and trace the three accused. Investigators are also examining closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) footage on the route where the girl was allegedly intercepted and abandoned.

The case has been registered under Sections 3(5) (common intention), 70(2) (gang rape), 140(3) (kidnapping), 351(1) (criminal intimidation) and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).