A 16-year-old girl fell critically ill after she was allegedly gangraped by five persons, including a minor, at Hanskhali in Nadia on Thursday night.

The girl is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Krishnanagar. Following a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother at Hanshkhali police station, sleuths swiftly arrested the five alleged perpetrators, who were subsequently produced in the additional chief judicial magistrate’s court at Ranaghat.

The court has remanded the accused persons in 10 days’ police custody.

The accused are Swanam Biswas, 28, Sabuj Chowdhury, 24, Avijit Das, 25, and Rakesh Bhowmick, 24. The fifth accused person is a minor.

According to the complaint, Rakesh, who was known to the victim, took the girl for a ride and allegedly raped her in a deserted field a fortnight ago. On Thursday, he allegedly threatened the girl and brought her to a deserted house. There, Rakesh and four others allegedly raped her till she fell critically ill.

The incident came to light when the victim’s mother called her on her mobile phone late in the evening.

An accused person reportedly answered the call and informed her that the girl had fallen ill and told her to reach the spot. The mother rushed there and found her daughter in an unconscious state. She took her to a local hospital. However, she was soon transferred to a hospital in Krishnanagar.

The police have recorded the statement of the victim. Senior police officers declined to comment on the ongoing investigation, stating that all the accused were apprehended.