Girl, 14, Dragged Into Sugarcane Field, Gang-Raped While Grazing Goats In UP

Police have registered a case against two youths for allegedly dragging a 14-year-old Class 8 student into a sugarcane field and gangraping her while she was grazing goats in the Nawabganj area of Bareilly, officials said on Tuesday.Police have identified one of the accused as Vimlesh, while the other remains unidentified. Police searched the area throughout Tuesday, but the accused were yet to be apprehended.Superintendent of Police (North) Mukesh Chandra Mishra stated that the incident occurred on Sunday evening."The student was grazing goats with an eight-year-old boy from her neighbourhood. Vimlesh arrived with a friend, and the two allegedly forcibly dragged her into a sugarcane field and committed the act," he said."The boy who was with the student witnessed the incident and ran away to inform her mother, who was cutting grass about half a kilometer away. When her mother arrived, the two accused had fled.