Judge for Special Court for cases under SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, G.V.N. Bharatha Laxmi, on Monday sentenced three accused of a gang rape case to life. The incident occurred on October 29, 2015 under Jainoor police station in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district.
According to Additional Public Prosecutor M. Ramana Reddy, the accused Sk. Zahid, Salman Khan and Sk. Wahid had made the Scheduled Caste victim consume alcohol and subsequently raped her in her farm. The accused videographed the crime and blackmailed her to keep mum about the crime in future.
But the crime saw the light of the day when Zahid himself circulated the video clip which became viral soon enough. It also came to the notice of the victim's relatives and others who lodged a complaint after 50 days of the incident.