Houses of two men, arrested for allegedly raping and blackmailing multiple college girls, were demolished on Saturday (September 13, 2025) in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal amid heavy security arrangements, officials said, adding that the properties were illegal.
In April, six female students from a private college had lodged cases against in different police stations of the city. The police have so far arrested five men, Including the prime accused Farhan Ali, a former student of the same college, for allegedly befriending them with fake identities, sexually assaulting them and recording their private videos to blackmail them into introducing their friends to more men. The girls had also alleged that they were also forced for religious conversion by the accused, according to the police.
Bhopal Collector Kaushalendra Vikram Singh told The Hindu that the houses were built on illegally encroached government land and that the families of the two men were living there on rent.
“There was a court order, declaring the properties illegal and notices were served to the residents in advance,” Mr. Singh said, adding that the exercise was carried out in accordance with rules and smoothly.
While houses of two accused — Saad and Sahil Khan— were demolished on Saturday, Mr. Singh said that action on Farhan’s house is pending due to a court stay.
