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Minor Mumbai girl raped by Facebook friend

by IBNS 06 Oct 2015, 08:28 pm

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IBNS) A 15-year-old girl paid dearly for trusting the friend she made on a social networking site when she met the man in a party and got raped.

Media reports said a  man who had recently befriended the minor over Facebook, called her to his residence on the pretext of a birthday party, and raped her along with his friend.

The man's cousin reportedly kept watch when the girl was being violated.

The incident took place on September 30 in the Kopri police station area. After a case was registered on Monday night, the three accused were arrested by Tuesday afternoon.

The three accused have been identified as Kaustubh Chavan (21), Deepali Ahire (25), and Mandar (30). Ahire is the cousin of the main accused, Chavan.

According to mid-day reports, Chavan picked up the survivor from Thane West, and the two of them went to Thane station and met his cousin and friend at the skywalk. Ahire and Mandar were waiting on the skywalk and after Chavan arrived with the girl, they went to a chawl in Kopri.

Police said that the four had been consuming alcohol, after which Chavan and Mandar raped the minor, while his cousin watched.

 The minor was picked up at 12.30 pm and was dropped back to her residence after 6 pm. Later, when she complained of stomach ache, a doctor revealed that she had been raped.

The cops have booked the three accused under Sections 376 (D) (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 363 (A) (kidnapping) and 34 (acts done by several persons with the furtherance of a common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.