According to the police, the victim told them that two men kidnapped her and forced her into an ambulance where she was gang-raped.
Bhopal: In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by two men in a moving ambulance in Madhya Pradesh’s Mauganj district.
Police claimed the incident occurred on November 25, under Hanumana police station jurisdiction, around 30 km from district headquarters Mauganj. Hanumana tehsil of the newly formed Mauganj district shares its boundary with Utter Pradesh’s Mirzapur district.
The victim informed the police that two men abducted her and pushed her into a Janani Express Ambulance wherein she was gang-raped. It is also called ‘108- Ambulance’.
The Janani Express Ambulance is run by the state government in PPP mode to render emergency transport facilities for expecting mothers, sick infants, and BPL families in the rural parts of Madhya Pradesh.
Police said the accused persons, identified as Virendra Chaturvedi (ambulance driver) and his friend Rajesh Kewat, were arrested on Wednesday night.
The accused persons are residents of Naigarhi tehsil in Mauganj district, approximately 50 km from Hanumana tehsil, where this alleged incident occurred.
“Victim had lodged an FIR on November 25, alleging that she was gang-raped. The medical test confirmed rape, and a search was initiated. Both accused persons were arrested in Nagari on Wednesday,” Mauganj Superintendent of Police (SP) Sarna Thakur said.
