5 held after girl gang-raped in bus at Dehradun bus stand

Five people have been arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a teenage girl in a Uttarakhand government bus after it arrived at the bus stand here from Delhi, officials said.

Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Singh said those arrested include the driver and the conductor of the government bus. He said the incident occurred on August 12 at the bus stand here and the police were informed about it Saturday evening.

The police swung into action immediately and identified the roadways bus by scanning CCTV cameras and arrested the five accused, including its driver and the conductor, he said.