Telangana: 6 held in Nizamabad gang rape case

The police on Thursday arrested six persons in connection with the gang rape of a 18-year-old girl in Nizamabad. The three were taken into custody today morning and a case under SC/ST atrocities act and Nirbhaya act has been registered against him. The police said that the accused will be produced before court today.

Disclosing the case details, the city police commissioner Karthikeya said that five persons were arrested on Wednesday and another was taken into custody on Thursday morning. One of the accused, Naveen Kumar befriended the girl and took her to the hospital building and his two friends joined later to commit the crime. The three along with another three persons who help the accused were arrested, the CP said.

The girl was found in disheveled state by the locals in an old hospital building near bus stand on Wednesday morning and alerted the police officials who sent the woman to Saki centre. The victim, who is yet to be identified is believed to have arrived in Nizamabad on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the arrested persons were sent to judicial remand.