ROORKEE: Four men have been arrested by Bhagwanpur police in Haridwar district for allegedly gang-raping a 17-year-old girl on Thursday. All the accused are locals, in their mid-20s.
According to police, one of the accused was known to the survivor and studied together.
Inspector Rajiv Raunthan, in-charge of Bhagwanpur thana, said the girl's father approached them on March 16 to register his complaint of gang rape of his daughter by four men.
"One of the accused is a resident of the girl's village. He gained her trust and called her to a location, where he and his associates spiked her drink with an intoxicating substance before sexually assaulting her," the inspector said.