Woman, 22, accuses 8 of gang-rape; FIR lodged

Bareilly

: A 22-year-old woman has accused eight men of gang-rape. The crime is said to have taken place around two months ago in a village in the Moradabad area, but the woman informed police on Saturday as the video of the act which the accused had filmed was posted online. She told police she had kept quiet all this while as the perpetrators threatened to make the clip viral on social media if she told anyone about the crime.

An FIR has been registered against eight people under various IPC sections, including 376-D (gang-rape). Police are investigating the crime, said the SHO of the police station, under whose jurisdiction the area falls.

In her complaint to police, the woman alleged that a man named Javed from her village had forced her to sit on his two-wheeler when she had gone to the market for some work. He then took her to a deserted place, where his friends joined him. The woman alleged that they took turns to rape her while the others filmed the act.

She further claimed that the men began to contact her, asking her to “meet them” at various places. However, she refused. Angry at her refusal, they uploaded the video online and thereafter approached the police.

The SHO told TOI that an FIR has been registered against Javed and seven others. Police are also probing if it is a case of a love affair gone awry, he added.