Mumbai : A teenage girl was allegedly gang raped by her friend and three other boys, with the crime coming to light after her aunt came across the video of the incident that they had circulated on WhatsApp.
All the four accused who are minors have been taken into custody, DCP (Detection) Dhananjay Kulkarni said. They were later sent to a remand home.
The four boys, studying in classes IX and X, allegedly gang raped the 15-year-old girl on November 8 and made a video of the crime.
They then threatened the girl not to reveal the incident or else they would post the video online, Malad police station’s senior inspector Shashank Sandbhor said. One of the accused is a friend of the girl. She had gone for studies at his home in suburban Malad, where he and three of his accomplices allegedly gang raped her, he said.