Eight people, including two juveniles, were arrested by the Yelahanka police for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl.
The arrests were made following a complaint filed by the teen's mother on April 5.
Police said the girl is a second-year pre-university student in a city college. She fell in love with a 25-year-old man, one of the accused, whom she knew for the last few years. His family was also known to the girl's family.
The youth took her to a house in Yelahanka, where two of his friends recorded their private moments without her knowledge. The group shared the video clip among the eight. They started blackmailing her for ransom and later, for sexual favours.
The man and his friends threatened her against revealing the incident to anyone and started sexually abusing her. Recently, the men gang-raped her.
After the ordeal between October and December 2021, the girl confessed to her mother. Incidentally, the mother also received a forwarded message of the girl's video with her male friend, which prompted her to lodge a police complaint.
A senior police officer said, "We took the case seriously and nabbed all the eight accused within a day. They have been remanded in judicial custody. The juveniles have been sent to the state juvenile's home."
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