Two juveniles convicted in Shakti Mill gangrape

MUMBAI: Two juveniles arrested in connection with the Shakti Mill gangrape cases of a photojournalist and a telephone operator were today convicted by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and sent to a Nashik school for three years to learn "good behaviour".

"The JJB today convicted two juveniles in the gangrape cases and the board has sent them to Boston School in Nashik for learning good behaviour," Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said.

Nikam also said the Board, comprising Principal Magistrate GB Jadhav and member Mary Shettiyar, found the two juveniles guilty under sections of gangrape, criminal conspiracy and molestation of the Indian Penal Code, besides other relevant sections.

After the conviction, Nikam told the Board that the "minors committed the most heinous crime and a strong action may be taken against them."

One of the juveniles was arrested in connection with the gangrape of the 22-year-old photojournalist while the other was arrested for the gangrape of the 18-year-old telephone operator.

The telephone operator was gangraped on the premises of Shakti Mill in Central Mumbai in July last year, a month before the photojournalist was brutalised on August 22.