Two minor girls were gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh state of India, and a video of the heinous act was made and uploaded on social medai.
The victims, both cousins aged 14 and 16, had taken goats for grazing in the forest in Rewa district of the state.
The police registered a case against seven men after a video of the incident surfaced on social media, an official said.
Some men who were roaming there raped the girls and shot the video, the police official said. The accused threatened the victims that they would circulate the video if the girls reported the incident, he said.
After the video surfaced on social media, the police started a probe and traced the victims, Sonkar said.
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.
The victims and their families complained to police on Monday and a case was subsequently registered against seven men.
Five of them have been arrested while search is on for the two others, the official claimed.—KMS
