Dalit minor abducted, gangraped in Kotkhawda

A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and raped by a man and his nephew in Kotkhawda area here, police said on Monday.

The incident occurred on January 31 in Padmanandpura village of the district, they said.

The girl had gone out for some work when the accused Shriram (35) and his nephew Bhairo (18) pulled her into their jeep and took her to an isolated area near the village where they gang-raped her.

"She returned home at night and narrated the incident to her parents, following which her father lodged an FIR yesterday," the police said.

Both the accused are absconding and police is on a look out for them, they added.