Pune: Two 12 year girls gang-raped, one dies

Two minor girls were allegedly raped by a man and a 17-year-old boy in Pune on Sunday and one of them died of injuries inflicted during the assault days later, a police official said Thursday.

The two girls, both around 12 years’ old and residents of the same locality, went to a temple near their home in Hinjawadi area Sunday afternoon, he said. The two accused, who also lived in the same locality, lured the girls by offering them chocolates. They then took the girls to an isolated area where they allegedly raped them, the official at Hinjawadi Police Station said. The accused threatened the girls with dire consequences if they revealed the incident to anyone, he said.

Her family members told police that one more girl from their neighbourhood was with her on Sunday. “When we approached the other girl, she narrated the entire incident,” the official said. Based on her statement, a case was registered against the two accused, one of whom has been identified as Ganesh Nikam (22), he said.