Two men were arrested on Tuesday for raping and blackmailing a mentally challenged girl for months. The victim is undergoing psychological treatment at a Delhi-based hospital.
Sources reveal that both the accused, Siddharth and Paras work in a BPO in Gurgaon.
The case is being supervised by an ACP-level officer, while an inspector from the crime unit is the Investigating Officer.
The police arrested accused Paras, who lives in Sector 54, and Siddharth, who is a resident of Janakpuri in Delhi for raping the 18-year-old.
A detailed investigation of this case revealed that both Siddharth and Paras were friends with the victim. The incident took place, when both the accused went to meet the victim. While Siddharth raped the girl, Paras recorded the video with the intentions of blackmailing her and getting a good amount from her. Since then they have been sexually harassing her. The accused took around Rs 40,000 from the girl over a period of time and some jewellery. When the victim’s family noticed that the jewellery are missing from the house, they spoke to the victim who then narrated the story of harassment.
Both the accused have been arrested under Sections 354D, 376, 384, 506, 201, 34 IPC and 66E of the IT Act and the case was registered in the women’s police station in Sector 51 on January 8, 2016.
The accused were taken to the district court and presented before the magistrate on Wednesday morning and were later taken in for one-day custody to further investigate the case.