A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in UP’s Muzaffarnagar for several months by a youth, who has been arrested, police said on Sunday, 22 July.
The youth had raped the girl on several occasions since January and threatened to upload videos of the incidents on the internet if she reported the matter, Circle Officer (CO) Rajive Kumar Singh told PTI.
He was arrested on Saturday after he uploaded a clip on a social media site, he said.
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The youth has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including rape, he said.
The victim was sent for medical examination, Singh said.
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