A 17-year-old girl from Kalyan in Maharashtra’s Thane was allegedly raped by seven men for about five months. All accused were arrested and produced before a local court, which sent them in eight days of police custody on Tuesday, officials 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. The individual videographed their sexual encounters without her consent and blackmailed her. He then shared the videos with six of his friends.

These six friends also started blackmailing the girl and sought sexual favours from her with the threat of posting her objectionable videos on social media platforms if she did not relent. They started sexually assaulting her and the harassment continued f

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