Begusarai is on tenterhooks as the news of a Dalit girl being allegedly sexually assaulted by a young man from the Muslim community has come to the fore, raising communal tempers in the region
The accused Arif, Israr and Kalua Khan had gone to steal the buffaloes from the victim's house. When they were unsuccessful, they abducted the little girl instead and raped her in a nearby field.
The accused have been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and section 366 (A) of IPC for the gang rape of the class 10 student in Pollachi