Lover, his friends, rape Andhra law student; film act

Four men have been arrested in Visakhapatnam for allegedly raping a law student and blackmailing her with some intimate videos, police said.

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The suspects were arrested for allegedly raping the law student and recording the act to blackmail her later, the police said in a press release on Tuesday.

A case was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Sections 70(1), 77, 351(2), 69 and 75(1), including Section 67 (A) of the IT Act from 2000 to 2008.

“All four suspects have been arrested and remanded in custody. The victim’s friend (Vamsi) and his three close friends are the accused,” said Visakhapatnam police commissioner Shanka Brata Bagchi.

According to police, the main accused, Vamsi and the law student were in a relationship for over a year and he took the girl to his friend’s room in Krishna Nagar in the port city on August 13, 2024, where she was sexually assaulted.

Later, other suspects arrived at the spot and filmed the intimate moments of Vamsi and the girl, police said.

With the help of the girl’s boyfriend, the suspects threatened the law student with her obscene videos and allegedly sexually assaulted her.

After months of harassment, the girl tried to commit suicide on November 18 but was saved by her father. She then shared her ordeal with the family.

A complaint was subsequently filed with the police leading to the arrest of the four on Tuesday, police added.