Police have recovered two MMS clippings of the alleged gangrape of a minor schoolgirl in Surat on June 12 in a moving car, allegedly featuring two of the accused, Tariq Saiyed and Abu Bakr. The police also claim to have found on their phones, laptops and computer several other MMSes recording their sexual encounters.

Tariq and his cousin Shahid, as well as their friend Abu Bakr, are in Crime Branch custody on a 14-day remand.

The Surat police are also investigating if one of the three had a hand in the murder of a call girl, found dead on January 16 in the city. According to police sources, an identity sketch prepared on the description of a suspect, provided by a friend of the dead call girl, matches one of the three.

Based on the MMSes recovered from their phones and laptops, police are also investigating the possibility that the same accused — the son of a head constable, and an aspiring model — raped a mentally challenged girl.

The body of the 35-year-old Nepali call girl had been recovered in Surat on January 16. Police have made no arrests in the case so far.

According to a police official who interrogated the three, Tariq, Shahid and Abu Bakr were returning home to Nanpura early on Friday morning from a dhaba, around 18 km from Surat, in an Opel Corsa when they spotted the minor girl with a friend near Kadiwala School. Abu Bakr was driving the car, Tariq sat in the front with him while Shahid was sitting at the back.

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