3 years on, a sexual assault and viral clips come to haunt top SoBo school kids
A 20-year-old man has been booked for sexually assaulting a friend at a birthday party and circulating sex clips on Snapchat. The accused is currently studying in Australia and was not available for questioning by the police. The police have registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, as well as the Information Technology Act. Investigations are ongoing, with the police questioning the accused's father and the common friend who hosted the party.
The Cuffe Parade police on Thursday booked a 20-year-old man for sexually assaulting his friend at a common friend’s birthday party three years ago and circulating those sex clips on Snapchat.
The man, who was then 17, and a student at one of south Mumbai’s top schools, met the girl in February 2020 at the common friend’s house at Cuffe Parade for a birthday party. At one point in the party, the accused took the victim into the bathroom where he sexually assaulted her and filmed the act which he subsequently uploaded online.
However, soon after, a Covid-induced lockdown happened and the woman moved to London to study further. However, she told the police that she slipped into deep depression after the assault and has struggled to deal with it since. She returned to India two days ago and finally told her family about her ordeal after which they persuaded her to file a police complaint.
The assailant is at present studying at an Australian university and was not immediately available for questioning by the police.
The police have registered a case under sections 377 (Unnatural offences), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code and for aggravated penetrative sexual assault under the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. He has also been booked under the relevant provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 for violation of privacy, for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form, for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form and for publishing or transmitting material depicting children in sexually explicit act.
In his absence, the police called the 20-year-old’s father for questioning on Friday and they will now be questioning the common friend at whose house the party was held and where the assault allegedly took place.
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