Two minor sisters were allegedly gang-raped by eight people, which included three minors, in Balodabazar district in Chhattisgarh two months back, police said on Thursday.
Superintendent of Police (SP), Balodabazar, Indira Kalyan Elesela told HT that five accused were arrested and three minors were detained by police on Wednesday night and a case has been registered under relevant sections of the IPC and POCSO Act.
“We have booked a total of 11 people, including eight people who raped the minors and three others,” said the SP.
“The incident took place on May 31. On Wednesday evening, one of the victims reached a wing of the Women and Child Development department and said that two months back eight people had raped her. The father of the girl was then called who repeated the same charge. The victim also told police that two days back, a person called her and claimed that he has a video of the rape in his possession and blackmailed her,” said the SP.
Subsequently, the girl understood that it was not the one time incident and now they will trouble her in future as well, said the officer.
“We found that these two girls had two friends, and the day the incident took place, the girls were out with them. On their way back, these eight accused approached them and scared away the friends. Then, they raped these two minor girls,” said the SP.
The officer said the two who went with the girls were booked for kidnapping since the girls were minor.
The police have registered a case of rape attempt against one accused for calling the girl and threatening to make the video viral.
