Mangalore, November 7: A 15-year-old girl was rescued after she was allegedly kidnapped by a gang of miscreants, who tried to gang-rape her at a village in Belthangady taluk.
Police have arrested three persons in this connection. They are Irshad Arambodi, Asif and Navaz Kundadabettu. Three other accused - Hyder alias Santhu, Navaz and Santhosh Shetty - who allegedly joined them in the heinous crime are absconding. All aged around 20-25 year old.
According to a complaint filed by the victim, a high-school student and a resident of Addoor, on November 6 the accused threatened her and dragged her into an auto-rickshaw near Venur bus stand and took her to a secluded place and tried to gang-rape her.
Police sources said that the girl was brought from Moodbidri bus stand to Venur by a group of five or six youngsters in a private bus. After getting down at Venur bus stand, three among them took the girl in an auto-rickshaw to a house in Koliangadi.
It is learnt, that the main accused Irshad had asked the girl to meet him at Moodbidri bus stand. Sources said that Irshad used to visit girl's house and once had raped her at her house.
Turning suspicious about their movement, a group of villagers followed the auto-rickshaw and then informed the police.
When the Venur police went to the house, the youths tried to flee. However, police managed to nab three accused.
Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal said as the girl was minor, police registered a suo motu case of kidnap against the accused and it was transferred to Bajpe police station. The Bajpe police formally arrested the trio and launched a search operation to nab other accused.
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