Man held for raping and blackmailing 22-year old girl

The Sakinaka police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a 22-year old woman ​for seven-eight months by blackmailing her with her nude photos that he had clicked.

According to the complaint registered by​ the​ victim​'​s parents, the accused Shakoor Khan​ ​(40), who also lives in the same locality of the victim had allegedly raped her and clicked the nude photographs that he was using to blackmail and rape the victim. ​T​he accused had ​allegedly ​sent the objectionable photos through whatsapp to the ​man with whom the victim's marriage was going to be fixed.

According to police, the accused had sent the photos to the man so that her marriage would be cancelled and he ​could continue with his ​crime.​ ​When ​the girl's ​parents ​be​came ​aware of this, they filed complaint.

"Khan is ​a ​scrap dealer and ​​is married ​and was know​n​ to the family of ​the ​victim. ​​"The accused was produced in the court and has been remanded to police custody till December 27. We are investigating the case further,​" ​Avinash Dharmadhikari, Senior Police Inspector of Sakinaka Police Station​ said. ​

The police have arrested the accused under the ​Section 376(rape) of ​the ​Indian Penal Code and Information Technology act.