On Sunday, September 26, the Mumbai police arrested two more accused in the Dombivli gang rape case.
With this, the number of arrests has reached 31 in connection with the case. Moreover, two minors have been sent to a juvenile remand home in Bhiwandi.
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The arrests were made after the survivor had approached the police on September 22 and accused 33 men of intimidation, blackmail and prolonged sexual abuse between January and September.
Moreover, she has alleged that the main accused, with whom she was in a relationship, allegedly took ₹500 from each of his friends for committing the crime.
The Manpada police officer said that one of the accused posted a compromising video of her on a WhatsApp group, when she refused to meet him in May, mentioned the survivor. She also said that ever since they got access to the video recorded in January, in which the main accused was sexually assaulting the victim, the accused had repeatedly been calling the victim. They would ask her to come to various locations, where several of them would force themselves on her.
The main accused is said to be a friend of the survivor who had first raped the girl in January and made a video of the same. Later, the other accused using the same video, blackmailing the girl, and raping her on several occasions at different places including Dombivali, Badlapur, Rabale and Murbad.
The police said the main accused in the case is Vijay Fuke, who is a friend of the survivor. Fuke raped her in January this year and made a video, which was used to blackmail her into having sex with his friends.
On Wednesday night, September 22, the victim approached the police after which a gang rape case was registered. All accused are booked under Indian Penal Code Section 376 (rape), 376 (N), 376 (3), 376 (D) (A) and Section 4,6 and 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)Act.
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