Gzb: 10-yr-old girl kidnapped from near house, gang-raped

Days after a 10-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped in a moving car in Ghaziabad, the city police on Thursday arrested two men for the crime, officers aware of the case said, adding that one of the suspects was shot in the legs during a brief gunfight.

- Peeyush Khandelwal

Police identified the arrested accused as Mohammad Zakir, 58, and Mohammad Nizam, 32. They said Nizam was shot twice while trying to escape police custody during a recreation of the crime.

Giving details of the case, police said on that, December 10 at around 7pm, the victim had stepped out of her house, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Tronica City police station, to watch a wedding procession.

"While she was walking back to her house, she was offered a lift in an Eeco car, and the suspects promised to drop her home. They took the girl to an isolated stretch near the jungles of Nithora Road and raped in the car," said assistant commissioner of police (Loni) Suryabali Maurya, adding that the suspects then dropped her off at the spot from where they had picked her up.