Deccan Chronicle

DUO RAPES TEEN, PUTS VIDEO ONLINE

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT HYDERABAD JAN. 4

In a shocking incident, two youngsters raped a 16year-old girl in Peddapalli district. The issue came to the light after a video which the suspects posted on social media went viral.

The victim belongs to Sultanabad town and the suspects — Bandi Srinivas (25) and Peddi Nagesh (24) — hail from Kadambapur village in Sultanabad mandal.

In a shocking incident, two youngsters raped a 16-year-old girl in Peddapalli district. The issue came to light after a video which the suspects posted on social media went viral.

According to sources, the victim belongs to Sultanabad town and the suspects — Bandi Srinivas, 25, and Peddi Nagesh, 24, — hail from Kadambapur village in Sultanabad mandal.

A month ago, the duo raped the victim. They shot the entire incident on their mobile phones and later uploaded it on social media.

On Wednesday, the girl lodged a complaint. The police registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso) and also under the Prevention of Atrocities Against SC&STs Act. The girl has been sent for medical examinatio­n and a hunt is on to nab the suspects.

In a similar incident in Karimnagar district in 2016, a 22-year-old police aspirant was raped by two youths. They later uploaded the video on social media. In this case also, the victim belonged to the scheduled caste.

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