4, including 2 minors, held for raping 14-year-old
MUMBAI, Nov. 15 -- Four persons, including two 17-year-olds, were arrested for allegedly gangraping a 14-year-old girl in Kandivali on two occasions this month by threatening to leak a video of her bathing that they claimed to have.
The two minors were produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and sent to the observation home in Dongri. The other two accused, aged 18 and 22, were remanded in police custody till Monday by a special court in Dindoshi.
The case came to light on Wednesday. Police said one of the minors, an acquaintance who lives in the girl's neighbourhood, approached her around 6pm on November 6 and claimed he had a video of her bathing. He threatened to post it on social media if she did not go with him to a secluded spot. Frightened, she went, and he and three others allegedly took turns to rape her. The accused then warned her not to tell anyone, threatening to circulate the videos, and sent her home. Later, on November 10, one of them messaged her on Snapchat, again threatened to leak the videos and asked her to come to their place. Fearing humiliation, she went, and two of the accused allegedly raped her again. The four accused coerced her into sexual acts against her will, while threatening to ruin her reputation by circulating obscene videos of her on social media....
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