The Goanet may publish this news as it has come from Herald dt 5.7.2013
Stephen Dias D.Paula-Goa Goa News: A 13-year-old schoolgirl from Aldona has been abducted and gang-raped by three masked men, who later abandoned the minor girl at Bastora, said police inspector, A Kalangutkar from Mapusa police station. According to the police, on June 28, the minor was standing at a bus stop to proceed to Aldona after school hours when she was abducted by three masked men in a white coloured Maruti Suzuki van. Police further said that the mother of the victim girl was shocked to find her house locked and daughter missing, when she returned home from office. She tried to call her on the cellphone but there was no response. At around 3 pm, she managed to get in touch with her over the phone and upon inquiring about her whereabouts, she was informed by the victim that she was in Mapusa. The mother waited till 5 pm for her daughter to return home and later on, lodged a complaint at the Aldona outpost as there was no sign of her daughter. Police official at the outpost immediately forwarded the complaint to the Mapusa police station and the cops on duty managed to trace the victim abandoned at an isolated place in Bastora. Police brought the minor girl to Mapusa and informed her parents who were called at the police station. However, the victim refused to recognise her parents and she was shifted to Apna Ghar by the police. Subsequently, she was taken to the Goa Medical College for medical examination and the medical report has been kept reserved. An offence has been registered under Sections 363, 342, 341, 354, 509, 376 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 8 of the Goa Children’s Act, 2003 and Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. As the victim has not disclosed anything, the medical report will throw more light on the case.