Assam Shocker: Teenage girl gang-raped, murdered

In a shocking incident in Assam’s Dibrugarh district, four youths have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping, gang-raping and killing a 17-year-old girl. The four suspects were arrested on Monday morning, the police said, adding that the alleged incident took place on Sunday night in the Banipur Dhekeri Gaon neighbourhood of the district. The arrested youths are all from Dibrugarh town, aged between 17 and 21 years. The police claimed that after receiving a complaint late on Sunday night, they took prompt action. “We learnt that a girl’s body was found hanging at a residence in the Banipur region. We registered a case after the girl’s relatives later filed a complaint,” an officer said. The girl, who was described as a minor by the police, reportedly left for Dibrugarh town on Sunday afternoon for some personal work but did not come back.