In a tragic incident, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by two men in a moving ambulance in Madhya Pradesh’s Mauganj district.
The incident occurred on November 25 under the jurisdiction of Hanumana police station, around 30 km from district headquarters Mauganj. Hanumana tehsil of the newly established Mauganj district shares a boundary with the Mirzapur district of Utter Pradesh, according to police.
The victim, while narrating her ordeal, told the police that two men kidnapped her and forced her into a Janani Express Ambulance where she was gang-raped. It is also called ‘108- Ambulance’.
Police said the accused persons, identified as Virendra Chaturvedi (ambulance driver) and his friend Rajesh Kewat, were arrested on Wednesday night.
The accused persons are residents of Naigarhi tehsil in Mauganj district, located around 50 km from Hanumana tehsil, where this alleged incident occurred.
“Victim had lodged an FIR on November 25, alleging that she was gang-raped. The medical test confirmed rape, and a search was initiated. Both accused persons were arrested in Nagari on Wednesday,” Mauganj Superintendent of Police (SP) Sarna Thakur said.
The state government operates the Janani Express Ambulance under the PPP model to provide emergency transportation facilities to expectant mothers, sick infants and BPL families in rural parts of the state.
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