Bengaluru, Feb. 3 -- An eight-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three unidentified men on the premises of a government school in Mandya district of Karnataka, police said on Sunday.

Police said that the gang rape took place on January 31. The incident came to light on Sunday when the girl, experiencing severe stomach pain and bleeding, confided in her mother about the assault. The mother, subsequently, filed a complaint at the Mandya central police station.

Mandya superintendent of police (SP) Mallikarjun Baladandi said that a first information report (FIR) has been registered against three unidentified people under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso)...