Palghar: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three men under the pretext of getting her a job in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Thursday.
According to reports, the incident took place here on Wednesday afternoon, an official from the district rural police control room said without divulging any further details.
The matter came to the fore after the victim approached the police who registered an FIR against the three accused under Indian Penal Code Section 376 (rape) and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
Subsequently, police have arrested one of the accused, aged 39, and wife of another accused so far for abetting the crime.
Further investigation is underway to nab the other two men named in the FIR, the official said.
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