KATHMANDU, DEC 06 - In a shocking revelation, a 16-year-old Nepali girl was allegedly confined in a flat in Defence Colony in New Delhi for over two months and sexually assaulted by six law students of a reputed Delhi-based university, The Hindu online said in a report. Four of the accused have been arrested while two are on the run.

The incident came to light when the victim in her statement to the court a few days ago revealed that she was repeatedly raped by the accused students who had kept her in confinement, the report further said.

The girl alleged that she had gone to attend a party hosted in a flat in Defence Colony in mid-September when she was overpowered and then raped by some of the accused. She remained in illegal confinement and was sexually assaulted by the accused and his friends, one of whom purportedly posed to be a policeman.

After the girl went missing, her mother lodged a complaint with the police stating that she had not returned from school since September 15. She was finally traced to the flat in Defence Colony . On the basis of her complaint, relevant provisions of law were added to the kidnapping case and four of the accused students were arrested.

“Four of the accused, all law students , have been arrested. Two of the suspects are absconding,” a police officer said.

The police have obtained two days’ custody of the four accused.

The identity of the two other accused is also being verified and their whereabouts ascertained. Given the serious nature of the crime, the police also plan to quiz the neighbours of the accused to cross-check the facts revealed by them.