Jubilee Hills rape horror: BJP MLA Raghunandan Rao booked for sharing video

Hyderabad: A case has been registered against BJP's Dubbak MLA M Raghunandan Rao for sharing the video and stills of the Jubilee Hills gang rape in a press meet. He has been booked under Section 228 A of IPC at Abids Police Station.

Section 228A of IPC states that whoever prints or publishes the name or any matter which may make known the identity of any person against whom an offence under Sections 376, 376A, 376B,376C, or 376D is alleged to have been committed shall be punished with imprisonment which can extend up to for two years and shall also be liable to fine.

SHO Abids Police Station B Prasada Rao said a case was registered late at night on Monday and the future course of action will be taken in the next two days.

On June 4, BJP MLA Raghunandan Rao, showed the stills of the video at a press meeting alleging a politician's son was present in the car. Thereafter, the video was shared on multiple social media platforms.

A 17-year-old girl was returning from a party when she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a group of youngsters in a moving vehicle in the Jubilee Hills area on 28 May.

According to the complaint filed by the victim's father, his daughter went to a party at Amnesia & Insomnia Pub located on Road No. 36, Jubilee Hills. At about 5.30 p.m, a few guys in a red Mercedes took her out of the pub and misbehaved with her. They also inflicted minor injuries on her neck.

Police initially registered a case of "outraging the modesty" based on a complaint lodged by the victim's family three days ago. The investigators sent the girl for medical examination. When the woman officers at the Bharosa center interacted with the minor, she reportedly revealed the sexual assault.