India, Feb. 13 -- The police on Thursday formed a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the rape and blackmail of a Class 11 student in four different cars, officials said.

The accused, Osali Ali Khan (20), raped the girl multiple times while his friend Mohammad Maaz Khan (23), a gym owner, filmed the crime and blackmailed her. The girl filed the complaint on February 2 and the police arrested both under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Freedom of Religion Act, and the Information Technology Act.

The SIT, led by additional commissioner of police Ankita Khatarkar, will investigate if the accused targeted other young women and how the victim came into contact with them.

The accused were bei...