Four men are arrested for gang raping a girl and blackmailed with videos

CHENNAI: Four men from Ramanathapuram district were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly gang-raping a girl, videotaping and extortion.

The 19-year-old girl from the same district is said to have had a relationship with one of the men, Samaya Chandru (20), a year ago. It is said that he raped her several times. Another of the men, Dhanush (20), had also raped the young woman and Samaya Chandru had made a video of it. A 17-year-old boy from her gang had threatened the girl for sharing the videos on social media and raped her several times. which was also filmed.

Recently the girl’s marriage was arranged and when the men came to know about it, they threatened her, demanded money and jewelry and when the girl refused, they uploaded the videos on social media.

When the groom’s family found out about this, they called off the wedding.

The young woman then filed a complaint with the Thiruvadanai All Women Police.

However, during investigations conducted by the police, it emerged that some other men had also raped the woman by threatening her with pictures showing her previous rape.

In this connection, four persons namely Mohammad Rizwan (30), Gavin (19), Mubin (20) and Madaneeswaran (19) from the same district were arrested by the Special Cell of Police headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Thiruvadani Niresh.

The police have registered a case against them under the POCSO Act and produced them before the court.

All four were detained on the judge’s orders.

Police said that another youth involved in the incident had gone abroad and that they would take action against him.