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Mandya: The police have arrested three youths on charges of gang rape of a minor girl here on Friday.
The police arrested the accused based on the complaint lodged by the minor girl's mother. The prime accused and the girl are students at a college in Mysuru. The accused had lured the girl by saying that he was in love with her. The duo had visited several places in Mysuru during Dasara celebrations, including Yuva Dasara, it is learnt.
On November 4, the accused asked the girl to go to Maddur with him. He then took her to a lodge on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, assaulted her sexually and also recorded the act. Later, he invited two of his friends to the lodge, forced the girl to cooperate with them and threatened to leak the video if she refused. They too gang-raped her and the act was recorded.
They later threatened the girl by saying that they would upload the video on social media if she disclosed the matter to others. They also demanded that she visit them whenever they called her.
Following the relentless threats from the accused, the girl informed the matter to her mother, who lodged a complaint with the Maddur police station. A case was booked on account of gang rape and caste abuse among other charges.
According to Superintendent of Police N Yatish, the accused youths are from nearby villages. The prime accused and one of his friends have been sent to a rehabilitation home. Another accused, who is a major, has been sent to jail, he said.