The Balangir police have arrested four persons for forcing a pair of junior college lovebirds to have physical relation in a jungle, videographing the same and making the video viral. The two victims hail from Deogaon under the Tusra police limits and are stated to be Plus II students of the Deogaon College here.
According to sources, five persons, including the four arrested, found them talking together on a culvert near the college and forced them to the nearby jungle and intimidated them to be nude and enter into sexual activity on July 25. The whole scene was recorded by the goons and they started blackmailing the two. They demanded Rs 50,000 from the two and threatened to make the video viral if not paid.
Even though both managed to cough up Rs 20,000 and assured to pay the rest gradually, the video had already gone viral. Finding no alternative, the victims approached the police. later, police managed to nab four accused persons while another one is still at large. “Raid is still on to arrest the fleeing accused,” said Balangir SP Ashish Singh.