Circle Officer (Tilhar) Vidush Saxena told PTI that the incident took place on Friday evening when the girl was playing with other children on a school ground, and the minors, aged between 10 and 14 years, allegedly took her to a nearby field.

Citing the FIR registered in the case, Saxena said the girl's family alleged that the accused gang-raped her in the field and fled after the owner of the field spotted them there. The girl later reached home and informed her mother about the incident, following which a complaint was lodged and a case was registered late on Friday night, the CO said. Police have registered a case of gang rape under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accused are being questioned in the presence of their guardians, police said, adding that the rape survivor has been sent for medical examination.