A 5-year-old boy in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh was picked up from his home on September 19 and gang-raped in a nearby field by accused Arsh and Junaid. A week later, the victim’s family came to know about the incident when his health deteriorated and on being enquired by his family members about the injury marks on his body.
Notably, a complaint was filed by the minor boy’s grandparents, who alleged that two men, identified as Arsh and Junaid, took the boy from their house and gang-raped him in a nearby field. Two bystanders, Rizwan and Alfez, at the same time shot the videos and allegedly uploaded them on social media.
Reportedly, the complaint was filed after the victim’s family members went to the accused’s home to complain about the incident. The complaint file to the police said, ‘The accused thrashed them and threatened to kill them before fleeing from the scene’.
Subsequently, an FIR was filed under sections 140-4 (kidnapping), 351-2 (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional assault) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and sections of the POCSO Act.
Four accused, namely Arsh, Junaid, Mobin and Shamim have been named in the FIR. The police said all the four accused are on the run and a manhunt has been launched to arrest them.
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