You must have thought that during this 21-day lockdown, there will be complete peace and no crimes in the country. However, a shocking incident occurred that will shock you all. On 27th March 2020, a 16-year-old girl was raped in Dumka, Jharkhand.Since her hostel was shut due to the lockdown she asked her father to pick her up. When her father could not reach on time, she called up a male friend requesting him to drop her to her village in a place named Gopikandar in Jharkhand. Her friend came to pick her up. The friend told her that they should take a shortcut through a forest claiming that policemen would stop them due to the lockdown. 

However, her friend stopped in the jungle. When the girl asked why he had stopped, the boy told her that he needed to answer nature's call. The boy then called his friends who took turns to rape the girl. All of them deserted the girl inside the jungle in a critical condition.When the girl regained consciousness, she managed to reach the main road and somehow managed to reach home. The girl is currently in the hospital recovering. She gave a statement and told the police everything that happened to her. An FIR has been lodged and the police are currently investigating the matter. 

Tags

• Jharkhand
• Rape
• Gang
• Dumka

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