PUNE: A 16-year-old girl,
who claimed to have been brought to Pune from West Bengal on the pretext of a
job, alleged she was tortured and forced into prostitution for the past two
years, during which she was raped by over a hundred people, including two
policemen,The victim, who escaped to New Delhi last month, lodged a complaint with police there which was transferred to Pune police and a First-Information Report (FIR) was registered against 113 people.
The Vimantal police station arrested a 26-year-old woman in connection with the case on Sunday.
Vimantal police station in-charge Senior Police Inspector Sanjay Kurundkar said, "The minor girl's medical test was conducted in Delhi. She has also given a statement before a metropolitan magistrate."
Police officials said the 16-year-old girl hailed from the Siliguri area near the Nepal-India border.
Her grandmother ran a tea stall frequented by one of the arrested accused. The victim was promised a job at a Pune beauty parlour, where she was brought in Jan 2014.
