BELAGAVI: A minor girl has been gangraped by three persons allegedly including the son of a police officer and two others in Belagavi.
The Belagavi police have arrested two of the accused, one of whom is a minor. The police officer's son, who is also a minor, is absconding. A case under POCSO Act has been booked against the accused.
The incident which occured on April 11 has come to light on Tuesday after which the police traced the accused and were able to arrest two of them.
However, the police are on the hunt for another accused and likely to arrest him tonight, according to Belagavi Police Commissioner Iada Martin Marbaniang.
A resident of Belagavi, the girl went with one of the accused to a farm house located on Belagavi outskirts and later two other accused joined them. One of the accused, Sakib allegedly booked a room in the farm house and then two other minor boys and the girl joined him there.
All the three accused and the girl are said to have had a party at the farm house and later the three accused raped her.
According to the sources, one of the accused had taken away the victim's chain from her neck after the gangrape. The mother of the victim noticed the daughter's missing chain and questioned her about it.
After her mother forced her to reveal the truth, the girl disclosed about the gangrape at the farm house and where one of the accused took the chain from her.
The victim's family lodged a complaint with the police which led to the arrest of the accused.
The Police Commissioner said the police would launch an investigation to also find out whether the farm house where the incident took place, had relevant permissions obtained from the government authorities to rent it.