Lohardaga (Jharkhand): As fate would have it, two minor girls were allegedly raped by those who were actually sent to help them. As many as eleven men were arrested for sexually assaulting the girls in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district.

They were nabbed after a police team conducted raids in the Hirhi Harra Toli locality, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashish Kumar Mahli told a press conference here on Sunday.

According to news agency PTI, the accused, all aged between 18 and 28 years, had raped the girls on August 16 when they were going to the Hirhi Harra Toli area along with their neighbour.They were travelling on a motorcycle which developed snag near the Hirhi Railway bridge, the DSP said.

One of the girls phoned her friend for help but instead he sent his 11 friends to the spot who bore wicked intentions. They abducted the girls to an isolated spot and took turns to execute their sinful act. The neighbour was subjugated by the accused. The mobile phones of the girls were seized as well, he added.

The PTI report further said that a task force was formed on the directions of Superintendent of Police Priyadarshi Alok to investigate the incident. It was headed by Sub-Divisional Police Officer Arvind Kumar Verma and Mahli.

The victims recorded their statement following which a case was registered at Sadar police station. The team also recovered the mobile phones from the house of one of the accused, the DSP said