Police are on the lookout for three youths for allegedly attempting to gang rape a minor girl in Shamli district...

Police are on the lookout for three youths for allegedly attempting to gang rape a minor girl in Shamli district, officials said today. According to the complaint lodged by the victim's father, the 16-year-old girl had gone to relieve herself in the fields yesterday when the accused caught and took her to a nearby isolated spot, where they tried to rape her. The accused fled from the spot after the minor girl resisted and raised an alarm for help, the complainant added.

POCSO Act

A case was registered against the three under sections 376 and 511 of IPC and the POCSO Act, SHO O P Choudhury said. All three accused are absconding, he said, adding that the police were looking for them.