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Jharkhand Police has arrested four men on charges of gang-raping a girl in the Ranchi district.

The girl was allegedly gang-raped after she went on a bike ride with her acquaintance.

Police said the incident took place on August 26 when one of the accused, who was an acquaintance of the girl, took her out for a bike ride and went to a remote place in Mandar police station area.

Police said six other boys were already waiting there.

On seeing the group of boys, the girl tried to move away from the spot, however, she was overpowered and subsequently allegedly raped her, police said.

The girl’s acquaintance then dropped her back home, following which she informed her family members about the incident, who then lodged a police complaint the next day, he said.

All the accused persons are from the Mandar area and four of them were arrested on Saturday.