Mumbai (Maharashtra),
September 23: Maharashtra police today said revealing details of a horrific
crime, that a 15-year-old minor girl was gang-raped by 29 people, including two
minors, over the course of nine months in Mumbai’s suburb Dombivli. In January,
the girl's boyfriend had allegedly raped her and shot a video, which was
eventually used by the other accused - his friends - to blackmail and gang-rape
her on multiple occasions.
"It all
started when the lover of the girl raped her in January and made a video of the
incident. He started blackmailing her on the basis of that video. Later on, his
friends and acquaintances gang-raped her at least on four to five occasions at
different places, including Dombivli, Badlapur, Murbad and Rabale in the
district," said Dattatray Karale the Additional Commissioner of Police
(East region).
Based on the
victim’s complaint, 24 accused have been arrested and two boys detained, ACP Karale
said. Most of the arrested accused are also said to be associated with a particular
political party, the police said.
Police have
registered a case last night against unidentified persons under relevant
Sections of the Indian Penal Code for rape, repeated rape, gang-rape, and
"rape on a woman under sixteen years of age" and provisions of the
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, an official said.