Boyfriend, 3 others gangrape Andhra student, shoot videos to blackmail; girl attempts suicide after months of harassment

A law student was allegedly gang-raped by her boyfriend and three others on August 13, 2024, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The four accused were arrested, police said in a press release on Tuesday.

“All four accused were’ arrested and remanded. The victim’s boyfriend [Vamsi] and his three close friends are the accused,” Visakhapatnam police commissioner Shanka Brata Bagchi was quoted by news agency PTI saying.

Police said the four accused allegedly gang-raped the law student and recorded the act to blackmail her with some intimate videos later.

A case was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 70(1), 77, 351(2), 69 and 75(1), including Section 67 (A) of IT Act 2000 to 2008, news agency PTI reported.

Police said the prime accused, Vamsi, and the law student were in a relationship for more than a year. On August 13, 2024, Vamsi took the girl to his friend’s room in Krishna Nagar in the port city, where she was sexually assaulted.

“Later, other accused reached the spot and filmed the intimate moments of Vamsi and the girl,” police said.

Police added that with the help of the girl’s boyfriend, the accused persons threatened the law student with her obscene videos and allegedly sexually assaulted her.

After months of harassment, the girl attempted suicide on November 18, but was rescued by her father. She then shared her ordeal with the family.

Subsequently, a complaint was lodged with the police, leading to the arrest of the four on Tuesday, police added.