Daijiworld Media Network - Lucknow

Lucknow, Oct 12: In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by five unidentified men in a mango orchard under Banthara police station limits in Lucknow on Saturday, police said.

According to Vikash Kumar Pandey, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Krishnanagar), the Class 11 student had left home around noon to visit a relative and was travelling on a motorcycle with an acquaintance.

The two reportedly stopped near a petrol pump to talk when five men approached them. “They assaulted her acquaintance, who managed to escape, and then raped the girl one after another,” Pandey said. The assailants also warned the survivor not to tell anyone about the crime before fleeing the spot.

The girl later informed a male relative, who

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