In Haridwar, a 6-year-old girl and her mother were both gang-raped in a car

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• Jun 28, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

The incident occurred on Friday night while the young girl and her mother were riding in a rickshaw from Kaliyar to Roorkee, according to the police. According to a senior police official, they later got a ride from a known individual who was driving others along the Kaliyar-Roorkee road.

Digital Desk: The mother and her daughter who is
6-years-old was gang-raped in a moving car in the Haridwar district of
Uttarakhand by some unidentified individuals, a police official said on
Sunday.

The medical report of the mother and the girl confirmed
rape, according to Superintendent of Police (Rural) Pramendra Dobhal, and four
police teams have been formed to find the suspect.

"CCTV footage is being
scrutinised, and vehicular screening at checkpoints is being done," he
said. "Our hunt is on to arrest the culprits."

The incident occurred on Friday night while the young
girl and her mother were riding in a rickshaw from Kaliyar to Roorkee,
according to the police. According to a senior police official, they later got
a ride from a known individual who was driving others along the Kaliyar-Roorkee
road.

An officer who asked to remain anonymous said, "The
suspects gang-raped the mother-daughter pair before dropping them off in a
remote area close to the Ganga Canal stretch and driving off."

Around 10.30 p.m., the event happened,
and the police were notified one hour later. Another police officer, who also
asked not to be named, claimed that the girl's mother begs for money and lives
in a shelter.

 According to Dobhal, a case was
filed at the Civil Lines police station in Roorkee on Saturday against
unidentified persons in accordance with relevant parts of the Protection of
Children against Sexual Offenses (Pocso) Act and section 376 of the Indian
Penal Code, which deals with rape.

According to Yogender Singh Rawat,
senior superintendent of police in Haridwar, the girl's mother is in shock and
was unable to provide information on the number of accused who were involved in
the crime. She has, however, identified the known defendant.