Three arrested for raping 15-year old in a moving car in Mumbai

In a shocking incident, three men have been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl in a moving car in Mumbai last month, police said on Tuesday.

The shocking incident had occurred on July 29 night when the girl was walking alone on the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road, an official said.

"A car had pulled over near her while she was walking and three of its occupants pulled her inside, and drove off," he said, adding that the trio took turns to rape her.

After committing the crime, they dropped her near the Eastern Express Highway, the official said.

Mankhurd police registered an FIR by last week. Police traced the trio to Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar locality and arrested them on August 8.

The accused are identified as Sonu alias Deepak Singh (25), Noorul Hasan Nalwar (25) and Babu Hakim Ansari (22).

They have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rape and abduction, and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official said.