Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) : Two youths gang-raped a minor girl and made a video in the Mursan area of the Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh. After this, the accused started blackmailing the teenager with the video. The incident, which took place on the night of 9th May, surfaced belatedly. The relatives gave a complaint to the police on Saturday night. The police have registered a case and arrested both the accused, who belong to another community.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Singh said that according to the complaint made by the victim's family members, the 15-year-old girl was standing on the station road on the night of May 9 to go to her maternal grandmother's place. During this, two youths from the neighbourhood dragged her behind the brick kiln. There they gang-raped her and also made a video of this.
Later, the accused threatened to kill the girl and her family if she told anyone about the incident. After this, they fled from the scene. Due to the threat, the victim could not muster the courage to tell anyone about the incident. It is alleged that both the accused started blackmailing the girl through the video. Distressed by this, the teenager informed the family members about the entire incident.
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As the matter was related to two communities, the local people also started raising their voices over the issue. Late Saturday evening, the family members gave a complaint at the Mursan police station. On the basis of this, the police have registered a case against the accused and arrested them.
