Thane, Sep 23 (PTI) A 17-year-old girl from Kalyan in Maharashtra's Thane was allegedly raped by seven men in their twenties over a period of past five months after one of them befriended her on social media, officials said.

All accused were arrested and produced before a local court, which sent them in eight days of police custody on Tuesday, they said.

The crime came to light after the victim's family members found her objectionable videos circulating online, an official said.

The victim, a college student, first met one of the accused persons on Instagram in April this year. Their friendship soon turned into a relationship. He would videograph their sexual encounters without her consent. He then shared these objectionable videos with six of his friends, the official of Mahatma Phule

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