15-year-old raped in UP’s Jaunpur, accused on the run

The incident occurred when the girl was returning home after buying medicines from a local market.

A 15-year-old teenager was allegedly raped by two men in a paddy field outside a village in Sikarara area of eastern Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Jaunpur district on Friday evening.

UP Police have been criticised over their handling of rape cases after the Hathras gang rape-murder case. (HT File)

The accused are on the run, police said.

The incident occurred when the girl was returning home after buying medicines from a local market.

“Her family members have informed that the youths caught her while she was returning home from a medical store, which is located on the outskirts of the village,” a police officer said.

She later told her parents, who filed a complaint with the local police station.

Angad Prasad Tiwari, station house officer (SHO) of the police station, said a first information report (FIR) has been filed under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.