The Dombivli police have arrested 23 youngsters and detained two minor boys for allegedly repeatedly gangraping a 15-year-old girl at various places for eight months. Those arrested and detained are among the 29 people booked in connection with the alleged gangrape of the girl at Thane.
The arrested people were on Thursday produced before a magistrate’s court in Thane which remanded them in police custody till September 29. Quoting the complaint by the victim, the police said that in January, the victim’s boyfriend had indulged in forcible sex with her and video-graphed the act.
Later on, the accused boy-friend showed and shared the video with his friends who allegedly used the clip to blackmail and sexually assault the girl for over eight months.
The perpetrators, some of them said to be politically connected, compelled the girl to accompany them to various locations at Dombivli, other nearby towns like Rabale, Badlapur, Thane and also at a remote farmhouse, where they repeatedly raped her. The police got wind of the heinous incident through a tip-off received by them.