Gurgaon: A BBA student was raped by two youths, who filmed the entire incident and blackmailed the victim for several months, police said on Thursday.
The two accused, Delhi-based Sidharth Chaudhary and Gurgaon-based Paras Goswami, were arrested on January 12 and were produced in local court which sent them to one-day police remand. According to the police, Paras had invited the victim on November 18 last year to his flat in Gurgaon, where both took turns to rape her. They also made clips of the incident.
Paras started demanding money by threatening her to upload the video on social networking sites. Despite the victim handing over some jewellery, the accused started demanding money on regular basis, ACP Hawa Singh, spokesperson of Gurgaon police, said.
Fed up with their extortion and blackmailing, the victim finally decided to reveal her ordeal before her parents, following which the family approached Gurgaon police on January 8, Singh said. The case was immediately handed over to Gurgaon crime branch.
The two accused were arrested on January 12 and booked under IPC sections of 376, 354D, 384, 506, 201, 34 and 66E of IT act under Gurgaon women police station. The fathers of both the accused were high-ranked retired officials, police said. A mobile phone and jewellery were also recovered from their possession, Singh said.
PTI