A tragic incident of gang rape of a 10th grade student took place in the Indian city of Hyderabad. The police have registered a case of the incident.
According to the details, a class 10 student was gang-raped by some of her classmates in Hayatnagar, a suburb of Hyderabad, while this incident took place in August.
The Hayathnagar police, under Rachakonda police commissionerate limits on the outskirts of Hyderabad, on Tuesday apprehended five juveniles for allegedly gang raping a 17-year-old classmate in August, an official said.
A spokesperson of Rachakonda police commissionerate said the accused, all minors, and the survivor are students of classes 9 and 10 at a private school at Hayathnagar.
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The survivor’s father approached police after the accused circulated videos of the purported rape on WhatsApp, the spokesperson added.
In her complaint, the survivor alleged the accused visited her residence in August when her family was not at home and took turns to rape her.
“The survivor said that one of them captured the act in his mobile phone and threatened to upload it on social media if she disclosed the rape to her family. She said that after 10 days, two of the accused returned to her residence and raped her again,” the spokesperson said.
A case was registered under section 449 (trespassing of house) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of Indian Penal Code (IPC), besides various sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and Information Technology Act 2000, and the juveniles were apprehended within 24 hours, the spokesperson said.
