LUCKNOW: Gonda police on Thursday arrested three youths for their alleged involvement in the gangrape of a class 10 girl.
Police said that the minor girl had gone to attend a function in the village when she was gang raped.
The arrest of Kapildev, Surendra and Mahendra, was made on the FIR lodged by the mother of the rape survivor.
SHO, Khodare, Vidya Sagar Pandey, said that the three accused had intercepted the girl who had gone to attend nature's call after coming out from a wedding ceremony in Khodare bazaar. The accused took her to a deserted place and then took several turns on her and filmed the act.
"They were even threatening to viral the videos of the same," said Pandey. The accused have been arrested and we are waiting for the girl to give a statement.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)