Bhopal: Third Charge Sheet Filed In Infamous Rape And Blackmailing Case
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Police have filed the third charge sheet in the high profile rape and blackmailing case, which had rocked the state. The charge sheet has been filed by Jehangirabad police on July 8 in the case involving the prime accused Farhan Khan, Sahil Khan, Ali Ahmad, Saad, Mohd Nabeel and Abrar.
The first case surfaced in May and soon other victims also approached police and registered FIRs against the accused. It came to fore that Farhan and other accused raped and blackmailed the victims for many years.
All accused have been arrested and are in jail except one Hamid Ali who committed suicide some months before the case surfaced.
The charge sheet is attached with statements of the victims and their kin, witnesses, video footages, call detail records of accused and victims along with some relevant photographs, police said.
Prime accused Farhan’s lawyer Jagdish Gupta said the accused were presented before the court through video conferencing. He said that he has filed an application at the court to receive a copy of evidences which include video footages. However, he was yet to receive them.
As per the charge sheet, the prime accused Farhan took one of the victims to Abrar’s room in Jehnagirabad area where his friends were already present. Farhan raped the victim while shooting her obscene videos and forcing her to change her religion. Nabeel and Abrar hailing from Bihar used to live on rent in Jehangirabad area and lent their room to Farhan for raping the victims.
The FIRs in rape and blackmailing case have been registered at different police stations. Bag Sewania police had filed the first charge sheet in rape, POCSO and other sections against Farhan and Sahil on June 12. The second charge sheet was filed by Ashoka Garden police on June 19.
Nashe se doori, hai zaroori: No clue of drug peddlers yet
Even as nashe se doori, hai zaroori, a statewide campaign against drugs and other addictions kicked off on Tuesday, Bhopal police are yet to unearth the drug syndicate involved in providing marijuana to the accused involved in high-profile rape and blackmailing case.
The police investigations have indicated that the accused were connected to some big drug syndicate active in Bhopal and were addicted to marijuana.
They even used to force the victims for its consumption. It came to fore that Ali forced one of the victims to smoke marijuana and then left her alone with Farhan in a room where he raped her.
The accused also used to organise parties where they used to smoke marijuana and take drugs and even forced the victims for their consumption. Three member panel of National Commission for Women has also mentioned the use of marijuana by the accused and has instructed the police to identify the suppliers.
Police officials suspected that the accused used to get marijuana from peddlers active in Ashoka Garden and Bag Sewania area. However, no further investigation was carried out to identify the peddlers.
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