3 Men Rape 15-Year-Old Girl While Recording Act, Threaten To Leak Video

In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old girl in India was raped by three men and the act was recorded on camera.

The police said Wednesday the three accused have been taken into custody. According to local reports, one of the accused runs an automobile repair shop near the victim's house in the city of Ghaziabad in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

The accused, identified by his first name Sameer, befriended the girl a few months ago. On March 11, he called the minor girl to his shop where he raped her in the presence of his uncle, media outlet One India reported.

The police said Sameer's uncle also raped the girl and recorded the entire act on the camera. They threatened the girl if she resisted they would leak the video and circulate it on the internet. On March 21, the two accused called the teenager to the shop again, saying they would delete the rape video.

However, when the girl arrived, they raped her again along with Sameer's friend Shoaib, Times Now reported.

The girl returned home after the incident and told her family members she was not feeling well. On March 24, she told her mother about what happened, following which the girl's family filed a complaint against the three accused.

According to Nipun Agarwal, a senior police officer, a report was filed under Section 376D (gang rape) of the Indian Penal Code and under POSCO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act.

During questioning, the accused confessed to raping the girl. The police also recovered the phone in which they recorded the act.

"We arrested the three on Tuesday night. The court sent them to judicial custody," Agarwal said.

In another incident in the city of Bhopal, a man was arrested for raping an 8-year-old girl inside a garbage vat. The police said the man then bribed her with 3 cents to stay quiet about the assault. The girl was playing near her home when the man lured her and raped her. The victim returned home and narrated the ordeal to her grandmother. The victim's grandmother then informed the police.