Three men sentenced to ten years for gangraping a minor 9 years ago

A local court has sentenced three men to ten years of imprisonment for abducting and gangraping a minor girl about nine years ago.

Additional district sessions judge Lukmanul Haq yesterday held accused Imran, Saleem and Sanjay guilty of abducting and gangraping the 15-year-old girl in Bilaspur village of the district in July, 2005. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on them.

According to the prosecution, the trio had abducted the girl and taken her to an isolated place where she was gangraped.  The victim was held captive for nearly 20 days before being rescued by police.