Minor Dalit girl raped; mentally challenged assaulted in Haryana

Chandigarh: Adding to the spree of crimes against women in Haryana, a minor Dalit girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped in Rohtak, while a mentally challenged woman was sexually assaulted in Jind district. Main accused in both the cases have been arrested. A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly lured by three women relatives in Kachchi Garhi Mohalla colony of Rohtak and then raped by a youth last evening, police said on Wednesday. The girl was called out of her house by the accused women and was taken to an abandoned house in a car on the Hisar road on the outskirts of the village where she was raped.

Police have registered a case against five persons, including the three relatives of the victim and also arrested the key accused. The latest incident occurred in Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda`s home district Rohtak, where opposition BJP-Haryana Janhit Congress women leaders took out a rally and raised slogans against the Hooda regime for allegedly failing to protect the women of the state. Yesterday, a mentally challenged woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by a man in Narwana area Jind. The accused has been arrested. PTI