Uttar Pradesh has reported another incident of rape where a 17-year-old girl was brutally raped by a group of college statements. Reportedly, the incident took place on Sunday at Jhansi College, Uttar Pradesh during day broad light while the provincial civil services (PCS) preliminary exam 2020 was going on.
Notably, this all happened despite the presence of police personnel in the college. According to the report of the Hindustan Times, the teen was first kidnapped, taken into the hostel room, then was raped and filmed.
The victim girl is a student of Class 10, who in her statement to the police has alleged that a group of college students forcibly took her into a hostel room in the campus. At first, the accused robbed her of Rs 2,000 and one of them mocked at her modesty while others caught her on the camera.
Not only this, but the students also warned her of not revealing the details of the incident to anyone else her video would be leaked online.
Though, the girl's presence on the college campus is being probed by the police, as the gate was guarded. But, the girl in her statement to the police said she was meeting a friend in front of the gate and later was forcibly taken inside the campus. The gate was unguarded, she added.
Jhansi SSP Dinesh Kumar P said eight students have been arrested in connection with the incident and further investigations were on.
As per the report, the arrested have been identified as Rohit Saini, Bharat Kushwaha, Shailendra Nath Pathak, Mayank Shivhare, Vipin Tiwari, Monu Parya, Dharmendra Sen, and Sanjay Kushwaha.
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“Some police personnel heard the cries of the girl and took her to the Sipri Bazaar police station where she narrated her ordeal to the police. She identified one of the accused as Bharat,” the SSP was quoted as saying by the daily.
Police have registered an FIR under various Sections 376D (charge convict with gang rape), 395 (dacoity), 386 (extortion), 323 (causing hurt) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code and section 66D of the IT Act and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act.
As per the principal of the college, the accused were second-year students. The institute was cooperating with the police in establishing the identity of other students involved in the incident, the principal added.