DHAKA: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by four to five unidentified men and dumped at a parking lot in Connaught Place in the heart of the national capital.

Police said on Wednesday, reports Hindustan Times.

Even as there have been discrepancies in the girl’s statement about the place of occurrence of the alleged crime, a case under section 376G (gang-rape) and protection of children from sexual offences (POCSO) act has been registered at the Barakhamba Road police station against unknown persons.

A senior police officer said the girl refused to undergo a medical examination.

On Sunday night the girl walked into the Connaught Place police station in a tattered condition and told the police she had been raped by four to five persons.

A local NGO that assists police in crime against women cases was called to counsel the girl.

‘During counselling, the girl told the NGO members that she had arrived in the city on a Delhi-Gorakhpur train after having a fight with her father and step-mother,’ a police officer said on the condition of anonymity.

‘She told them she arrived at New Delhi railway station in the morning and walked to Bangla Sahab Gurudwara. After eating food at the gurudwara, she roamed around in Connaught Place area till evening,’ he added.

BDST: 1841 HRS, DEC 11, 2013