MP woman returning from Durga Puja raped 6. They filmed assault, leaked it

BHOPAL/REWA: A 20-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh returning from a Durga Puja pandal was abducted and raped six persons including two minors last week, police said on Thursday.The accused have been arrested and houses built illegally three of them demolished, the Rewa drict adminration said.Officials said the case came to the notice of the police on October 5 after the survivor filed a complaint about the gang rape on October 1. She came forward after the accused put out a video clip of the rape and it reached her brother.Rewa superintendent of police Navneet Bhasin said the woman was returning from a Durga Pandal on October 1 when the six accused abducted her and raped her. “They also shot a video of the incident. The accused threatened the woman that if she files the police complaint, they will post the video on social media.”She didn’t complain but they posted the video which was seen the woman’s brother. On October 5, the woman filed a complaint.Police said four accused Sitaram Patel, 20, Rajbahadur Yadav, 21, Sartaz Ali, 18, and Vimalesh Patel, 18. The two minors have also been apprehended and are being dealt with under juvenile justice law.“A survey was conducted of the properties of the accused. The illegal properties of three accused have been demolished,” said Rewa drict collector Manoj Pushp.(with inputs from Harendra Pratap Singh from Rewa)

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