By Khabar Rojana 
Two teenage boys, including a minor, were allegedly abducted and forced to perform oral sex by four men in Mumbai over a financial dispute, police said. The accused, reportedly angadia (courier) workers, had lent money to the victims and later accused them of theft.
In a shocking crime, two teenage boys, one of them a minor, were allegedly abducted, stripped, and forced to perform a sexual act by four men in Mumbai over a financial dispute, police said on Tuesday. One of the accused has been arrested, while efforts are underway to trace the others.
Victims confined and filmed under duress
Police said the teenagers were abducted, physically assaulted, and confined to a room where they were stripped and forced into sexual acts. The accused allegedly recorded the act and used the video to blackmail the victims, threatening to circulate it on social media if the money was not repaid.
Case filed under POCSO and BNS
Based on the victims’ complaint, an FIR was registered at the Lokmanya Tilak Marg Police Station under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). “One of the accused has been arrested. Search teams have been deployed to apprehend the other three,” a senior police official said.
Minor sent to children’s home; police verifying claims
One of the victims, who is a minor, has a previous theft case registered against him with the Kurla Government Railway Police (GRP). He has been placed in a children’s home in Kurla. Police said they are verifying the details of the complaint and continuing with the investigation.
Raveena Kumari