BHOPAL: A class 11 student died by suicide on Thursday after being gang-raped and blackmailed by four schoolmates in MP’s Damoh district.
The victim’s family has lodged a police complaint, naming the four boys. According to the father, the accused forcibly took her to a secluded location after school hours on Monday and took turns to rape her.
They filmed the sexual assault on their mobile phones and threatened to release it in public if they spoke about it to anyone. The girl confided in her mother on Tuesday.
Girl’s family didn’t report rape to cops immediately
The girl confided in her mother on Tuesday, but the family did not immediately inform the authorities.
She continued attending school until Thursday, but the breaking point came when the four boys began blackmailing her with the gang-rape videos, says the family.
On Friday, she didn’t show up for class. The school informed her father about her absence. Worried, he rushed home only to find that she had taken her own life.
Police have registered a case against the accused under Pocso Act and are looking for them.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)