India, Aug. 22 -- Two people were detained on Friday after a 16-year-old was allegedly raped in Tripura's Gomati district, police said.

According to police officers, the minor had gone to her brother's in-laws' house on August 18. "Her brother's brother-in-law took her for a ride to the local railway station on August 21. The driver of the vehicle they were in allegedly raped her inside the vehicle when the brother-in-law was not present," an officer said.

Based on a complaint lodged by her family, the police have registered a case against the brother-in-law and the driver under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 4 (penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act...