5 girls returning from a wedding were abducted and Raped by 18 people in Jharkhand..

The incident took place on Friday, late at night, when the five girls, out of which three were between the ages of 12-16, were raped by the 18 minor boys as per the police complaint filed by family members. The girls were coming back home after attending a wedding ceremony in Rania . Khunti SP Aman Kumar said, "The incident came to the fore on Sunday after the complaint was filed at Rania police station." After a complaint was lodged, the police set up a team and promptly arrested the 18 minors. Based on the statement of the girls, the police registered a case against the accused boys under sections 126 (2) (wrongful restraint), 127 (2) (wrongful confinement), 115 (2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 109 (1) (attempt to murder) and 70 (2) (gang rape of women aged below 18 years) of the BNS as well as sections 4 (penetrative sexual assault) and 8 (punishment for sexual assault) of the POCSO Act.