India, Sept. 26 -- "I was crying in pain" - a 17-year-old girl told police as she recounted the ordeal she went through inside southeast Delhi's Astha Kunj Park, where three men allegedly separated the girl from her friend, snatched their phones and took her to an isolated part of the park before raping her at knifepoint.

The survivor's first statement to the police forms a crucial part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged gangrape that took place on September 21 evening.

According to her statement, the girl and her 17-year-old male friend went to the park after offering prayers at Kalkaji Mandir and sat on a bench eating chips when three men approached them.

"Why have you come here at this time? It is not allowed to come here...