Siddharthanagar, Nov. 4 -- A minor girl was drugged, raped, and blackmailed in a span of seven months by multiple men in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharthnagar, police said on Tuesday. Police sources said the incident took place in a village under the Kapilvastu Kotwali police station area.

As per the complaint filed by the survivor's elder sister, a young man befriended the minor and allegedly gave her a spiked drink. When she lost consciousness, he sexually assaulted her and recorded an obscene video. The accused then shared the video with more than eight of his friends.

Those friends allegedly began to blackmail the minor using the video and took turns to rape her over several months. Whenever they wished, they would summon her under threat of...