Gang-Rape: MLA’s son named as accused

The minor son of a MLA of the AIMIM has been named as an accused in the Hyderabad gangrape case that has set off outrage and political clashes in Telangana. All six accused — one adult and five minors — are now in custody.

The first five have been accused under sections of gangrape, abduction, voluntarily causing hurt as also sections of the POCSO Act, meaning they could get a death penalty, 20 years in jail or a lifetime in jail.

The sixth has been accused outraging modesty of a woman, voluntarily causing hurt and also sexual assault.

Last week, BJP MLA Raghunandan Rao had released a video clip and photographs of the teen and her assailants, alleging the presence of the MLA’s son in a car with her. The police, he alleged, was engaged in a cover-up.

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