<p>Two minor girls were allegedly gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district and police registered a case against seven men after a video of the incident surfaced on social media, an official said.</p>.<p>Five of the accused have been arrested in connection with the incident which took place in a forest area under Hanumana police station limits some 25 days back. A video of it surfaced on Sunday, Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Sonkar told reporters on Monday.</p>.<p>The victims, both cousins aged 14 and 16, had taken goats for grazing in the forest, he said.</p>.Bhilwara rape-murder victim cremated, father collapses after lighting pyre.<p>Some persons who were roaming there allegedly raped the girls and shot the video, the official said.</p>.<p>The accused threatened the victims that they will circulate the video if the girls informed about the incident to anyone, he said.</p>.<p>After the video surfaced on social media, the police started a probe and traced the victims, Sonkar said.</p>.<p>The girls told the police they got scared as the accused threatened them, hence they did not make any complaint in this connection earlier, he said.</p>.<p>The victims and their families complained to police on Monday and a case was subsequently registered against seven persons. Five of them have been arrested while search is on for the two others, the official said.</p>.<p>The accused have been booked under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for gang-rape and wrongful confinement as well as under the Information Technology Act for shooting the video and circulating it, he said.</p>
<p>Two minor girls were allegedly gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district and police registered a case against seven men after a video of the incident surfaced on social media, an official said.</p>.<p>Five of the accused have been arrested in connection with the incident which took place in a forest area under Hanumana police station limits some 25 days back. A video of it surfaced on Sunday, Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Sonkar told reporters on Monday.</p>.<p>The victims, both cousins aged 14 and 16, had taken goats for grazing in the forest, he said.</p>.Bhilwara rape-murder victim cremated, father collapses after lighting pyre.<p>Some persons who were roaming there allegedly raped the girls and shot the video, the official said.</p>.<p>The accused threatened the victims that they will circulate the video if the girls informed about the incident to anyone, he said.</p>.<p>After the video surfaced on social media, the police started a probe and traced the victims, Sonkar said.</p>.<p>The girls told the police they got scared as the accused threatened them, hence they did not make any complaint in this connection earlier, he said.</p>.<p>The victims and their families complained to police on Monday and a case was subsequently registered against seven persons. Five of them have been arrested while search is on for the two others, the official said.</p>.<p>The accused have been booked under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for gang-rape and wrongful confinement as well as under the Information Technology Act for shooting the video and circulating it, he said.</p>