Lucknow: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five unidentified men in Lucknow, and two accused in the case have been arrested, the police said on Sunday.

The officials said that the girl had left home around 12 p.m. on Saturday to visit her sister and was travelling on a motorcycle with an acquaintance.

The two stopped near a mango orchard close to a petrol pump when five men approached them and beat the acquaintance. After this, the men raped the girl.

Speaking about the case, DCP South Nipun Agarwal told IANS, “Late on October 11, the Banthra Police received information that a girl had been raped by some men. Immediately, based on a complaint from the victim’s father, a FIR was registered against the named accused, and a team was formed to apprehend them.”

“Late Saturday

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