Mangaluru, Jul 6: The Dakshina Kannada district police have arrested three more persons on the charges of sharing the obscene video clip of the gang-rape of a college student of Putur in Dakshina Kannada District.
The group of college Hindutva activists, had gang-raped the teenaged girl in a car in the month of March and then threatened her against revealing the matter to anyone.
Police said on Saturday that the number of accused who were arrested in connection with the crime has risen to 11. On Thursday police had arrested eight persons on the same charge. On Wednesday the police had arrested five for the gang-rape.
The newly arrested three persons are Nazeer, a resident of Belladur, who is a gram panchayat president, Shukat Ali from Puttur and Jabeer, a resident of Belladur. Police added that more people will be arrested in this connection.
Superintendent of police B M Laxmi Prasad had set up two teams: one to probe the gang rape, and the second to probe how the video of the incident went viral on WhatsApp.
Police have filed a suo-motu case at the Puttur town police station over a semi-nude video of the rape survivor doing the rounds on social media. According to sources, the video clip, which is of a video call between the victim and an unidentified person, is recorded using a smart phone.
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