Overview
- Police in Bengaluru South district arrested Vikas, 25, Prashant, 19, and Chetan, 28, after a 19-year-old filed a complaint in Magadi.
- An FIR was registered on December 17 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 64 (rape), 70 (gang rape) and 71 (repeat offenders), the district SP confirmed.
- According to police, the prime accused befriended the student, secretly recorded intimate acts, and used the footage to threaten her before the three allegedly assaulted her in October at Chetan’s house.
- Officers say a video of the assault was later leaked and circulated on WhatsApp and other platforms.
- Investigators have seized the accused’s mobile phones for forensic analysis to establish who filmed and shared the video, and the probe remains active.