Five persons gang-rape two minor girls in M.P.’s Rewa; police register case after video surfaces online
The Hindu
Two minor girls gang-raped in Rewa, MP; five arrested. Victims, 14 & 16, taken goats grazing in forest. Accused shot video, threatened to circulate if girls spoke out. Police registered case, arrested five, searching for two others. Accused booked under IPC, POCSO & IT Act.
Two minor girls were allegedly gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district and police registered a case against seven men after a video of the incident surfaced on social media, an official said.
Five of the accused have been arrested in connection with the incident which took place in a forest area under Hanumana police station limits some 25 days back. A video of it surfaced on Sunday, Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Sonkar told reporters on Monday.
The victims, both cousins aged 14 and 16, had taken goats for grazing in the forest, he said.
Some persons who were roaming there allegedly raped the girls and shot the video, the official said.
The accused threatened the victims that they will circulate the video if the girls informed about the incident to anyone, he said.
After the video surfaced on social media, the police started a probe and traced the victims, Mr. Sonkar said.
The girls told the police they got scared as the accused threatened them, hence they did not make any complaint in this connection earlier, he said.
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