The incidents of rapes being reported across the country reached a new low on Tuesday when a minor boy was charged with raping and brutalising a 26-year-old woman in Guntur district. The accused, a 16-year-old daily-wager, is on the run while the victim is recovering from her injuries in a hospital.

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The incident, which matches in brutality with the infamous Nirbhaya gang-rape in New Delhi, took place at Oppicherla village in Karampudi mandal of the district on Sunday night. “We booked a case of rape after relatives of the victim lodged a complaint on Tuesday,” Karampudi sub-inspector M Murali told TOI.Click Here: NRL Telstra Premiership