MEERUT: A five-year-old boy was allegedly gang-raped by two men in Hapur on Sept 19 and the crime came to the fore after local police registered a case following a complaint by the child's grandfather. A video clip purportedly of the survivor being violated by the perpetrators was also widely circulated on the internet, police said.
Hapur city's circle officer Jitendra Sharma told TOI: "The accused -- Arsh, Junaid, Mobin and Shamim (only first names available in FIR) are from the same locality. Following a complaint filed by the boy's family, police have lodged an FIR under BNS sections 140-4 (kidnapping), 351-2 (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional insult), and sections 5 (m) and 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Pocso Act against the four accused."
The CO added: "The boy's statement has been recorded, in which he testified that he was brutally violated. All four accused are on the run and efforts are on to apprehend them."
In his complaint at Babugarh police station, the boy's grandfather said, "On Sept 19, around 3am, Junaid lured my 5-year-old grandson from home and took him to a secluded place where he violated him. Others also joined him. Two other men, who were passing by, shot the act and later uploaded the clip on social media. On Sept 26, when the child's condition worsened and he felt unbearable pain, he narrated his ordeal to me."
The boy's family further mentioned that when they went to the accused's house to confront them about the crime, the latter "abused and threatened them with dire consequences". Police are also trying to find out whether there was any past enmity among the families.
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