The girl was rescued after joint efforts from the Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police personnel from Madhupur station in Jharkhand, according to the Times of India.
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"The military coach was locked from inside and after a bit of a 'struggle', the RPF and GRP men were able to gain access. The girl was found inside. She wasn't fully conscious," a RPF officer said.
"Women constables helped the girl to the GRP station and the man was taken into custody. During questioning, the girl said she was forced to drink alcohol by three jawans and then raped by two of them," he added.
The girl then identified the duo in a video footage of the coach but when police boarded the train to make the arrest, they were nowhere to be found.
Another army man, identified as Manjrish Tripathi, was arrested as a suspected accomplice of the accused. The young girl however, said in her statement that Tripathi did not rape her but forced her to drink alcohol after which the other two raped her.
Initial reports revealed the girl had run away from her home on Sunday evening, after which her parents alerted the police who informed the railway services.
CCTV footage showed the young girl boarding a military reserved coach on the Howrah-Amritsar Express where she was raped by two army men.
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Authorities were able to locate the train immediately and ordered video footage of the specific coach which she had boarded. When the train reached Kiul, around 11.15pm, RPF men videographed the army personnel travelling in that bogie and sent back the footage to Madhupur. Meanwhile, a medical examination confirmed rape.
Further, officials confirmed the army has been asked to provide details of the personnel travelling by Amritsar Express.
Many took to Twitter to condemn the incident.
https://twitter.com/AcheDinAaneWale/status/681685397378863105
@sureshpprabhu https://t.co/CRMq3gWAZh
— G S BARNWAL (@Mrs_BankBunny) December 29, 2015
Please save us. We are very afraid to travel alone. If protecters will attack, whom to appeal??
Army Men are just any other males! It's high time we stopped considering them any different! They do have rapists. https://t.co/NvC8UBaTzr
— ᴅʜᴇᴇʀᴀᴊ (@meetdheeraj) December 29, 2015
14-year-old was forced to consume and gang-raped by Army men on Howrah-Amritsar Express. #IndianArmy #Rape... https://t.co/uSTGCOk3fW
— metroindianews (@metroindianews) December 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/akdwaaz/status/681712650804277248
14 year old girl raped by 3 army men in train when she went into military cabin by mistake!.. where is the safety here? Intolerance revealed
— navEEn (@naveenyuva6) December 29, 2015
14yr old gang raped by Army men.OUR ARMY?This is the MOST HORRIBLE,ATROCIOUS,DISGUSTING thing ever.OUR ARMY jawans!They did this?Hang'em!
— Rajiv Kunwar Bajaj (@rkbnow) December 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/hyderabadarabs/status/681631826167881728
Kolkata teen gang-raped by Army men on Amritsar Exp https://t.co/B9TOsKPcQ8
— Ignatius (@AHA1R) December 28, 2015
This article originally appeared on Times of India.
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