Rape of minor girl in polytechnic hostel: Eight accused held within hours

Jhansi: Police have arrested all the eight accused involved in the rape of a 17-year-old girl, extorting money and making her obscene video in the polytechnic hostel on Sunday. All the accused were sent to judicial custody on Monday.
The accused have been identified as Rohit Kumar Saini (22) of Mahoba, who is said to be the main accused. The other accused are Bharat Kushwaha (19) from Mahoba, Shailendra Pathak (19) from Gonda, Mayank Shivhare (22) of Tehroli, Jhansi, Bipin Tiwari (24) of Prayagraj, Monu Parya (20) of Mauranipur, Dharmendra Sen (19) of Mauranipur and Sanjay Kushwaha (20) of Mahoba. All the accused are the second year students of the Government Polytechnic.
On Sunday, a 17-year-old girl, who had gone to meet her friend, was dragged inside the hostel campus by the accused and was raped by one of them. The accused also thrashed the friend of the victim and then made an objectionable video of both of them and extorted money from the victim. All the accused have been booked under section 120B, 376D, 395, 386, 323 IPC, section 66D of IT Act and Section 3/4 POCSO Act. Police had arrested two of the accused within hours of reporting of the incident on Sunday, while the reaming were arrested on Monday.
However, a major question still remains unanswered: How the students got access to the hostel which is closed due to corona pandemic.
SSP Jhansi, Dinesh Kumar P, said, “We had lodged an FIR against one named person and 10-15 unknown persons on Sunday. During investigation, eight persons were identified and they were arrested within 12 hours. We have interrogated all the accused and eight were identified by the victim.”
During further investigation, if more people are found involved in the incident, they too will be arrested, he said.