BENGALURU: A 16-year-old first-year PU student was allegedly forced to consume alcohol and then raped by her 17-year-old friend at a lodge in Yelahanka police limits on Thursday night. The police are probing to ascertain whether it is a case of gang rape as the involvement of two others is suspected.
Both the survivor and the accused hail from Kerala. The girl lives in the city with her parents and is pursuing first-year PU at a well-known college. The accused, a 17-and-a-half-year-old college dropout, is a resident of Devanahalli. Police are also investigating the role of two of his friends, both adults, who were allegedly present in the room when the incident took place.
The police said the accused and the victim met at a college function a month ago and became close after chatting on social media.
Parents found victim in semi-conscious state
On Thursday, after college, the accused allegedly took the victim in a car along with two of his friends to a lodge, where the accused allegedly got her intoxicated and raped her.
According to the preliminary investigation, two others were in the room and their role is yet to be ascertained. The victim is undergoing counselling as she is traumatised, the police said. As the victim didn’t come home on Thursday evening, her parents tried to reach her on the mobile phone, but it was switched off.
They searched for her and also approached the police. When they called her again early on Friday morning, her phone was on, and she said she was near Yelahanka. When they reached there, they found her in a semi-conscious state and she shared her ordeal with her parents, following which they filed a complaint.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Sajeeth VJ told The New Indian Express that the Yelahanka police registered a case against the accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. A source said that one of the accused has been taken into custody and will be questioned and further action will be taken as per law.