3 youths booked under various sections

A minor dalit girl from Meerut was allegedly gang-raped by three youths for several months.

Police said on Thursday that the accused have been booked under IPC section 376 D (gang rape) and relevant sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Threatened acid attack

The victim’s mother said one of the accused threatened to throw acid on the girl’s face if she went to the police. She said the youths had shot an “objectionable” video of the class X student and used it to blackmail her.

“We did not know about this. But the school authorities approached us saying she has been missing from school for the last four months. When we asked her what is going on, my daughter broke down and narrated her ordeal. These youths used the objectionable video to force her to meet them,” the mother told the media.

Kamlesh Shukla, in charge of the Civil Lines police station, said the culprits would be arrested soon.