From Our Correspondent
JOWAI: It was confirmed on Sunday that the fourteen-year-old girl found lying on the roadside at Wahmynsoo near Mookyndur village on Saturday evening was gangraped by three unidentified miscreants who had forced her into their truck at Lad-Jalyiah near Ladrymbai.
The girl was also robbed of Rs 2000 along with her clothes before she was dumped on the roadside.
The girl who hailed from Thadmynri village near Khanduli is working at one illegal wine shop cum tea stall at Lad-Jalyiah near Ripnar Service Station.
She informed that she was sent to Ladrymbai to buy chickens from Ladrymbai and while she was on her way, some unknown persons from inside a coal laden truck dragged her forcibly into it.
“I tried to scream for help but they insert a piece of cloth in my mouth”, she said.
According to the girl, there were four persons inside the truck who took her to a deserted place at Wahmynsoo, some distance from the National highway on the Sung valley road and three of them raped her.
“One of the old man put a dagger on my neck and threatened to kill me if I screamed”, she said adding that the man with the dagger helped the other three commit the crime.
The girl further informed that she had tried to scream when the truck halted at 7th Mile weighbridge but they held her hand and inserted a piece of cloth in her mouth.
At that moment, another truck stoped and asked them to leave the girl but they were threatened.
“Two occupants in the truck asked them to let me go or hand me over to them so that they could send me home safely, but left immediately when they were treathened.
Again on reaching Thadlaskein she tried to escape by jumping from the truck but was dragged again.
Meanwhile, though the police is investigating the matter, nio formal complaint was filed regarding the same till the filing of this report.
Later on Sunday evening, members of the Jaintia Students Union visited the girl and strongly condemned the incident and requested the police to traced all accused persons.
According to reports on Saturday, the girl was stated to be a 15-year-old but her father confirmed on Sunday that his daughter was actually a 14-year-old.