In one of the videos, a blurred image of a young woman wearing leggings is seen with her hands shielding her upper body and a bare waist. They later used this video to blackmail her for further sexual favours. Others, meanwhile, filmed the assault taking place in the moving car. In February, they picked her up in a car on a state highway and sexually assaulted her. Read | Rumours of ‘sex videos’, political links, protests leave TN’s Pollachi town shakenĪccording to the victim who has lodged the complaint, the men had befriended her on WhatsApp some months ago. Tamil Nadu has a dedicated police helpline for crimes against women. The victims are from Chennai, Coimbatore, Salem and many parts of Tamil Nadu, and they include school and college teachers, doctors, senior secondary and college students, an official told The Indian Express.Įxcept for one victim, nobody else has so far filed a formal complaint apparently fearing a backlash from their families, police said. After striking a conversation and befriending them, they later engaged in sexual activity with or without the consent of women as others filmed the abuse. The accused allegedly lured women with fake accounts on Facebook.
