India, June 23 -- Three suspects were arrested from different locations in Bihar's Muzaffarpur for allegedly raping a minor girl from Faridabad, extorting money from her and circulating videos of the act on social media, police said on Monday.

Police said the arrests were made on Sunday, following which all three suspects were produced before a court in Faridabad and remanded to judicial custody. According to police, the prime suspect is a cleric at a mosque in Muzaffarpur's Saraiyya, where the victim's maternal family lives.

Investigators said the cleric entered into an interfaith relationship with the minor in 2022 when she had visited Muzaffarpur from Faridabad. Officers alleged that the accused "recorded photos and videos of their a...