Gang Rape Video of 2 Minor Girls Surfaces in MP, 5 Arrested

Bhopal: Two minor girls were allegedly gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district and a video of the incident surfaced on social media.

Acting on the video clip, the seven accused involved in the gang rape were identified. Five of the accused have been arrested. This gruesome incident happened in a forest area under Hanumana police station limits around 25 days ago. But the video clip of it was uploaded to social media on Sunday.

The victims were cousins aged 14 and 16, who were inside the forest to graze their goats. Some men roaming inside the video raped them and shot the video.

The video was shot to threaten and blackmail the victims. But somehow, the video clip got uploaded to social media.

Because of the threats, the victims had not made any complaint in this connection. On Monday, the victims and their families complained to police and a case was registered against seven men. Five of them have been arrested while the search is on for the two others.

The accused have been booked under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for gang-rape and wrongful confinement as well as under the Information Technology Act for shooting the video and circulating it, he said.