Surat rape: cops seize MMS clippings

Police have recovered two MMS clippings of the alleged gangrape of a minor schoolgirl in Surat on June 12 in a moving car....

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.

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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.

They stopped the car near the couple,got off and forced them into the car pretending to be officers from the police Special Operations Group. They allegedly threatened to implicate them in a false case if the girl did not agree to have sex with them. Then,they forced themselves on her,even as Shahid recorded it on his camera.

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According to the police,while one of the MMS clips is 35-minute-long,the other lasts about 12 minutes.

They dropped the girl back at the Kadiwala School and threatened that if she told anyone,the MMS would be distributed publicly.

Police say at least 10 more clips have been recovered from Shahid and Abu Bakrs phones,while Crime Branch police claim to have found 15 more on the laptop of Shahid. Most of them allegedly show them having sex with call girls.