Thane (Maharashtra), Dec 3 (TIWN) Two months after a 15-year-old girl had lodged a complaint of blackmail and repeated gang-rape by 33 persons, including 4 juveniles, the Thane police filed its charge sheet in the sensational case, officials said on Friday.

Two months after a 15-year-old girl had lodged a complaint of blackmail and repeated gang-rape by 33 persons, including 4 juveniles, the Thane police filed its charge sheet in the sensational case, officials said on Friday.  The charge sheet, running into over 800 pages with 112 witness statements, was lodged with the Magistrate Court in Kalyan, signalling the end of the investigations.  The victim’s boyfriend indulged in forcible sex with her and filmed the act – which he later shared with his friends, who also exploited the same to rape her.  Many of the youths had blackmailed and threatened the girl and compelled her to have sex with them at different locations, according to police investigations.  The accused have been booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.  Initial police investigations pointed at the involvement of around 23 persons, which later went upto 33, including 4 minors, sending shockwaves among the people and law enforcers in the state.  The 26 adult accused were arrested and sent to police custody while the 2 minor boys were sent to the Bhiwandi Juvenile Home, while the remaining were absconding and nabbed later.