Altaf has been booked under sections 376AB, 376(2)n, 377, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, sections 3(1)(w)(i), 3(2), 3(v) of the SC-ST Act, and sections 4 and 6 of POCSO Act.
The arrests have taken place two months after a female student was allegedly disrobed at gunpoint, gang-raped by three unknown men, and recorded the incident.
The victim girl mentions in the FIR that she has been raped and sexually exploited by the accused. The complaint also mentions accused Sheikh's wife Sofiana who threatened the victim.
The Gujarat HC observed that rape is rape even if it is committed by a husband against his wife and disagreed with the marital rape exception provided under Section 375 of the IPC.
The chargesheet also includes a section related to murder as it was alleged that the violent mob that paraded the two tribal women had also killed two family members of the women victims.
Russell Brand believed there was a deeply troubling agenda behind the allegations, "namely the fact that he is an alternative media broadcaster competing with the mainstream media"