2 Arrested in the case?
On Monday, In Rajasthan, two individuals in Ajmer district allegedly gang-raped a minor girl and were blackmailing her.
Police arrested two accused in this case.
The main accused, Irfan, was reportedly introduced to the victim, a Class 11 student, by one of her friends.
He befriended her on Instagram, morphed her pictures, and started blackmailing her. Later, he and his accomplices gang-raped the minor girl.
Station in-charge Arvind Charan said that the two accused have been taken on remand and their call details and cell phones are being checked.
An SIT team has been formed to probe the case on directions of Ajmer Range IG Lata Manoj Kumar.
According to police, the accused could be a part of a gang that traps school-college-going girls and then blackmails them.
As per Ajmer SP Devendra Vishnoi, the father of the victim filed an FIR against accused Irfan and Arbaaz as well as against six others accusing them of blackmailing and gangraping his daughter.
The case was registered under POCSO on May 30.
As per the complaint, in October 2023, the victim's friend introduced her to a boy on Instagram. Irfan befriended her and took Instragram user ID and password.
Irfan took some of her pictures and started blackmailing the victim. He demanded Rs. 5 lakhs.
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