4 Including 2 Minors Held For Raping Pune Girl They Met On Social Media

Pune: Two youths aged 20 and 22 years were arrested and two minors were detained on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl studying in a Pune college.

The accused had come in contact with the girl on social media. None of the accused knew each other personally, according to the police.

Between April and September 2024, these four sexually assaulted the girl at different places of Pune, said police sources.

During a session on sexual offences against children organised in the college, a girl student told counsellors about the 16-year-old survivor, who is her friend, and the ordeal she was going through.

Later, an investigation revealed that the victim was allegedly raped by the four she befriended on social media. The accused persons also made videos of the minor, and hence they were also booked under the IT Act.

They two arrested youths have been booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section concerning rape, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.