Updated July 20th 2024, 09:37 IST
Gwalior: A 13-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior was allegedly abducted and raped in a moving car.
The accused also made a video of the assault and circulated it on social media.
This incident happened on the Gwalior-Shivpuri National Highway under Mohna Police Station's jurisdiction, last month but came to light recently when the family members filed a complaint. The victim had befriended a youth from Chinour about a year ago and was later introduced to his friends; they remained in contact via chat.
On June 1, the accused called the girl to meet and forcibly made her sit in a car which also had two friends of the accused; they took her away.
One of the youth raped her on the back seat of the car. During this, one youth was driving the car; the other one was sitting on the seat next to the driver and was making a video of the incident. After committing the crime, the accused continuously attempted to blackmail the girl on the basis of the video. The accused also threatened to kill her but when the girl did not listen to them, the accused made her video viral," Gwalior ASP Niranjan Sharma told ANI.
On receiving a complaint from the family, a case was registered at the Mohna Police Station under sections of rape and the POCSO Act.
Talking about the case and the accused, ASP said, “A police team was formed to nab the accused. The team caught the two accused, the rapist and his accomplice who shot the video. Both of them were being questioned. The vehicle used in the incident is also being seized and a team has been sent to nab the third accomplice. The accused are aged between 18 and 20 years.”
(Inputs from ANI)
Published July 20th 2024, 09:37 IST