Silchar, June 3 -- Five men were arrested for allegedly gangrape of a 15-year-old girl from Assam's Biswanath district multiple times in a moving vehicle over several months before she was rescued by the police last week, officials said on Wednesday.

Additional superintendent of police (ASP), Dipti Mali told HT that the matter came to light on May 26 after a group of locals intercepted a suspicious vehicle and rescued the victim from an area under the jurisdiction of the Biswanath Chariali police station.

"Locals reported that the girl and the occupants of the car were found in a compromising state. The girl later revealed that she was subjected to forceful sexual intercourse by multiple men inside that moving vehicle," Mali said.

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