Pune, March 4: A Pune court has remanded two accused to police custody until March 7 for allegedly raping and robbing a 19-year-old woman, police said. According to the police, the accused, identified as Amol Pote (25) and Kishore Kale (29), allegedly raped and robbed a woman in Shirur taluka of Pune district on Saturday night.

Police Inspector Mahadev Waghmode of Ranjangaon Police Station on Monday stated that the victim and her cousin were threatened with a sharp knife by two accused who arrived on a scooter while they were talking at a secluded place. The accused forced the woman and her cousin to engage in a 'obscene act', recorded the act on video, and subsequently raped her. Before leaving, they took her gold locket worth Rs 10,000, Waghmode said. Pune Shocker: Man Assaults Girlfriend With Crowbar, Beheads Her Using Sickle Following Heated Argument in Ahilyanagar; Surrenders Before Police.

The victim and her cousin informed their family, who then alerted the police. "The police registered an FIR and arrested the accused within a few hours in the early hours of Sunday. The cellphone and locket were recovered, and the accused were charged with gang rape and robbery," Waghmode added.

Further details are awaited.

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