Two Arrested and a Minor Detained in Ranchi Gangrape Case

Overview

• An 18-year-old woman was allegedly attacked and gangraped while returning from tuition in Ratu police station limits on Saturday, November 7, according to Ranchi police.
• Ranchi Rural SP Gaurav Goswami said two adults were arrested and a minor was detained on November 13 after police interrogations in which all three reportedly confessed to the attack.
• Police allege the detained minor was the principal conspirator and that the crime was planned after the woman rejected his romantic proposal.
• The victim's medical examination has been completed and investigators say forensic procedures and further legal steps are under way in the case.
• On the same day police also arrested a man who had been absconding in an alleged November 9 rape of a nine-year-old in Tamar, highlighting multiple active sexual-violence probes in the region.