Two minor tribal sisters raped in Rajasthan

, June 10: Two minor tribal sisters were allegedly abducted and

by three youths known to them in Pali district here, police said on Tuesday.

"The girls, aged 15 and 17 years were waiting for local transport in Baira village on the evening of June 6 to return to their home in Kundla village when they were abducted by three local youths," Circle Officer Bali Swati Sharma said.

"The accused were known to the victims and they promised that they would drop them home. But instead of going to the village, they took them to Sayla area where they allegedly raped them," she said. An FIR in this connection was lodged yesterday with Saadadi police station by the girls' brother.

All the three accused, including one minor, have been rounded up and the matter is being investigated, she said.

Two teenage Dalit sisters were gangraped and killed and hanged from a tree in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh last month. The incident led to a massive uproar against the Samajwadi Party government of the state.

PTI