Rape: 10 youths jailed for drugging and raping teenage girl | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Ten youths allegedly drugged a teenager with soft drinks containing ganja and allegedly raped her several times in the past few months, resulting in the girl becoming pregnant, were arrested by Neredmet police.
The survivor was handed over to Medchal-Malkajgiri District Child Protection Committee for further care and protection, while the accused were sent to judicial remand on Sunday.
Rachakonda police said the accused, who are privately engaged and aged between 22 and 26 years and one of them is 30 years old, were all addicted to marijuana and seven of them had criminal antecedents. Three of them had been arrested earlier for drug possession, one for attempt to murder and the other for extortion in different parts of the city.
The 13-year-old girl moved with her mother to another part of the city after the death of her father a few years ago. The girl dropped out of school and stayed at home, while her mother worked as a servant in the neighborhood. Through a neighbor, the young girl met the main accused. Later, he lured her in the name of love. They became close and he started taking her out. A few months ago, he took her to a secluded place near his home in Neredmet and allegedly raped her. He later sexually assaulted her multiple times, police said.
After learning of the attack, her friends began blackmailing the girl and allegedly raped her one after the other, separately, on several occasions. On one occasion, five of them allegedly gang-raped the girl.
The attack came to light a week ago after the girl fell ill and was discovered to be pregnant. Initially, a case was registered in Kachiguda and transferred to Neredmet for further investigation. Based on the girl's statement, the case was amended with charges of gang rape and Pocso.

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