Colombo, April 4 -- A schoolboy said to be the boyfriend of an underage girl and five other schoolboys were arrested for gang raping a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl, the Homagama Police said.

Police said that they initiated investigations based on a complaint by the parents of the schoolgirl and took steps to arrest the suspects within a few hours.

The fifteen-year-old schoolgirl who was allegedly gang raped was admitted to the Homagama Base Hospital and underwent a medical examination.

The schoolgirl had gone to meet her alleged boyfriend, claiming that she was gping ro attend a tuition class. At that time, the alleged boyfriend had taken the girl to a house in the Magammana area in Homagama.

Accordingly, within a six-hour period betw...