Police in Tripura’s Gomati district on Sunday laid hands on two people, and detained four juveniles on charges of allegedly gang-raping a minor girl in a village, they said. According to police, the adult suspects were sent to judicial custody for 14 days, while the four other accused, who are minors, were sent to a juvenile home on Saturday.

Incident took place on Aug 1

Police officials aware of the incident said the harrowing crime unfolded on August 1, when the survivor girl (aged above 16 years) was heading towards her house alone, after her two friends had reached home. The accused, who were standing on the road, then allegedly took her forcibly to a forest, where they took turns to rape her.

However, the girl’s kin lodged a police complaint on August 14, following which the police sprung into action and arrested the two adult accused, while detaining four minors, who are aged between 16 and 17 years.

Crime statistics at a glance in Tripura

A police officer said, “Both the adult accused are now in judicial custody. As the minors cannot be arrested under the law, they were placed under detention and were later sent to a juvenile home. We are probing the incident further.”

As many as 667 cases pertaining to crimes against women were lodged and 426 people were arrested in connection with the said cases in 2025 in Tripura. Of the total tally, 168 cases pertained to rape and 116 were related to molestation.

During the probe, police discovered the involvement of 298 people in rape-related cases and arrested 182 people.

In the same year, a total of 116 molestation cases were reported, in which 186 people were found to be accused. Police nabbed 58 people in connection with molestation cases.

Back in 2024, Tripura saw 724 cases related to crimes against women, among which 180 were rape cases and 108 pertained to molestation.