Hyderabad: The additional session judge of Kothagudem Fast Track Court sentenced 14 persons who were involved in the sensational case of sexual assault and filming of a female student, naked in 2009. Of the 14 individuals, 10 were convicted for 10 years while the remaining were convicted for five years.
Those convicted were identified as Sk Amar, aged 24 years, Konga Raju, aged 28 years, Vallala Vamshi, aged 24 years,Raj Kamal, aged 19 years, Gade Sudhakar, aged 26 years, Sk Mahamood, aged 24 years, Sk Muktyal, aged 46 years, Sk Baba, aged 21 years, Mohammed Ramjan, aged 22 years, Peddi Phani Kumar, aged 26 years, Namasi Nagaraju, aged 29 years,Gedda Madhu, aged 23 years and Koppula Little Babu, aged 23 years.
According to the police, the student, a resident of Kothagudem town, had approached them and lodged a complaint stating that one Sk Amar took her to an isolated place along with a few others and gang raped her. Later, the gang had filmed her semi-clad and threatened her that unless she spent time with them, they would make the video public.
Based on the complaint registered, police arrested all the individuals named and remanded them in custody.
