Parsudih Police on Tuesday detained 17 men for allegedly gangraping a minor at the locality on Sunday night.

The 17-year-old girl, who works as a daily wager, has accused as many as 22 men for committing the crime when she went out on a picnic to the nearby Hata area on Sunday morning.

She alleged that the youths raped her one after the other through Sunday night, as a result of which she could not even bring herself to the police station. However, on Tuesday morning, she filed a complaint with the police, accusing the youths of stopping her at a secluded place in Parsudih where they committed the crime. On the wee hours of Monday, the accused men dropped her off near her rented house at the Chandni Chowk area in Shankarpur.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (Law and Order) at the Parsudih Police Station Alok Ranjan confirmed the incident to this website.

"Though the girl had named about 22 youths, we are verifying whether they are the ones who have been accused of raping her. As of now we have picked 17 of the accused. We are getting the facts verified before making any formal arrest," Ranjan told The Telegraph Online.

The families of the accused men were seen gathering at the police station, asking officials to verify facts before making any arrests.

Interestingly, the father of one of the accused claimed that his son had gone to duty on Sunday and had not gone to picnic. Despite that, his name was there in the list of the accused.