Overview

• Police say a relative first contacted the 17-year-old on Instagram earlier this year, leading to in-person meetings.
• One accused allegedly filmed intimate acts without consent, then circulated the clips to six friends who coerced sex using threats of exposure.
• The assaults allegedly continued for about five months until family learned of viral videos and reported the case at Mahatma Phule Police Station.
• A court sent the seven arrested men to police custody through September 30, while a team works to locate an eighth suspect.
• The FIR cites sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the POCSO Act and the Information Technology Act; medical reports note pregnancy followed by miscarriage.