RAWALPINDI, May 22: A teenage girl was raped by five persons in a house in Gulistan colony on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.

The 15-year-old girl was on her way to school in Ghareebabad (Chaklala) when she was picked up by her paramour in a taxi and was taken to the house where four other persons had already been present.

The father of the rape victim said in his repot registered with the Airport police that his daughter, a 9th class student, had developed friendship with a boy through cellphone. He said on Tuesday his daughter left for school but did not return home in the afternoon on time.

However, she returned home in the evening and narrated her ordeal she had passed through.

The investigating officer in the case said that one of the accused, who was a college student, had been nominated in the FIR. However, his four other accomplices were yet to be identified.—Staff Reporter

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