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12-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Gang Raped; 14-Year-Old Stabbed For Resisting Rape In Lucknow

In the first incident, the girl was allegedly gang raped by five men on Tuesday morning.
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LUCKNOW -- A 12-year-old girl was on Tuesday allegedly gang raped by five men in Lucknow who held her parents hostage and looted them, while in another incident, a 14-year-old girl was stabbed after she resisted a rape attempt near Barabanki district.

The girl was allegedly gang raped in the wee hours yesterday by five men who held her parents hostage and looted them in Para area, police said.

Two dozen unidentified miscreants forced their way into the victims' house and after looting valuables, held the family hostage before taking away the girl with them.

"The girl has told me that she was raped by five men. The incident took place at about 600-700 metres away from the girl's house. We are probing the matter and a team has been constituted to crack the case," Senior Superintendent of police (SSP) Manzil Saini told reporters.

The miscreants also beat up the victim's father who sustained head injury. The victim has been sent to hospital for medical examination.

In another incident in Barabanki, a 14-year-old girl was brutally stabbed yesterday by a youth when she resisted a rape attempt in Ramsanehi Ghat area.

The incident took place when the girl was working in the fields and a youth identified as Ranjit dragged her and tried to rape her, police said.

When the girl resisted, he stabbed her repeatedly. Hearing her scream, villagers gathered on the spot and they caught the accused and beat him.

The accused was later handed over to the police.

The girl is being treated in the hospital. Her condition was stated to be out of danger.

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