Indian jailed in France for leading sadist Nazi cult that tortured girls

A 29-year-old Indian man, Rohan Rane, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Paris court for leading a masculinist group that forced young girls, many of them minors, to perform sexual acts and in some cases tortured them. The group, known as CVLT, was active on the Discord platform and targeted vulnerable children in the US, UK, and Canada.

Rane, who came to France to study, was described by prosecutors as a "Nazi lover, sadist, and macabre ultra-violence." The court found him guilty of offences, including extortion committed as part of an organised gang, with the aggravating circumstances of acts of torture and barbarity perpetrated on the victims.

Most of the dozens of victims were American girls, with many aged under 15. Six of the girls, now aged between 18 and 21, made official complaints, and about 20 victims were identified, although others could not be contacted. The group was driven by nihilism, racism, antisemitism, Nazi aesthetics and values, and the hatred of feminists and the LGBTQ+ community, according to prosecutors.

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