Man rapes minor friend in Matheran, 2 others film act and circulate it on Instagram
On Friday, police arrested a 22-year-old---one of the two friends who filmed the act---and have launched a search for the main accused in his 20s and the other friend, both of whom are on the run.
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Senior inspector at Antop Hill police station Bhagwat Garande confirmed that one person has been arrested while police are trying to locate the other accused.A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by one of her three friends with whom she had gone to a hotel in Matheran on July 12 while two others filmed the act and circulated it on social media, said police.
On Friday, police arrested a 22-year-old—one of the two friends who filmed the act—and have launched a search for the main accused in his 20s and the other friend, both of whom are on the run.
According to police, on July 12, the girl’s friend, who is a minor girl, and two of her male friends took her to Matheran under some false pretext. All four live in the same area and are known to each other.
The girl told her parents that she will be out for two days for her friend’s birthday.
According to the girl’s statement, one of the male friends allegedly raped her at the hotel in Matheran. The two others, including the girl’s minor friend, allegedly filmed the act and circulated the video on Instagram on July 14.
When the girl’s relative saw the video on Instagram, they informed her parents. On asking the girl about the incident, she revealed that she was raped in Matheran but did not tell anyone about the incident as she was scared. The girl’s mother then filed a police complaint on Friday.
Acting on the complaint, police arrested one of the three accused. The main accused, who is from Ghatkopar, is still on the run. The minor friend of the victim has also been named as an accused in the case, said a police officer.
Senior inspector at Antop Hill police station Bhagwat Garande confirmed that one person has been arrested while police are trying to locate the other accused.
The accused have been charged under Sections 64 (rape), 65(1) (rape on a woman under sixteen years of age), 137(2) (kidnapping), 3(5) (common intention), 3(6)(crime done by several people) of Bhartiya Nyaay Sanhita (BNS) and 4 (penetrative sexual assault), 6(aggravated penetrative sexual assault), 8 (sexual assault) and 12 (sexual harrasment) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
Police have also slapped Section 67A (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) and 67B (publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act) of the Information Technology Act on the accused.
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