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Four Held For Repeated Assault Of Minor Girl In Kandivali; Two Minors Among Accused

Mumbai, Nov 14 (UNI) Four persons, including two minors, have been apprehended for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl twice in suburban Kandivali after threatening to circulate a purported private video of her on social media, police said on Saturday.
According to police, a 17-year-old acquaintance of the survivor allegedly threatened her with the video on November 6 and forced her to accompany him to Hanuman Nagar, where he and his associates allegedly sexually assaulted her. The accused reportedly warned her against disclosing the incident.
The girl was allegedly targeted again on November 10 after one of the accused contacted her through Snapchat and summoned her to a location, where two of the four accused allegedly assaulted her again.
Following her complaint, police registered a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and arrested all four accused from different locations.
The two 17-year-old accused have been sent to an observation home in Dongri, while the other accused, aged 18 and 22, were remanded to police custody by a special sessions court in Dindoshi until November 16.
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