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A 17-year-old minor from Ulhasnagar was raped by an adult hailing from Nagpur. Rahul Laxmanaday Gyanchandani, a 28-year-old met the victim, few months ago through Facebook, a social networking site.

One of the police officials from Ulhasnagar police station informed that during their earlier meetings, the accused recorded inappropriate videos and photos of the minor. Using these photos to create a pressure on the girl, Gyanchandani forced to develop intimate relationship, under the threat of making the recordings go viral and bringing shame to the victim's family. 

The victim lodged a complaint during her second meet itself. However, after brief investigation with the victim, the police came to know that the accused hails from Ahuja Nagar, Nagpur is not arrested yet. A team of police officials have been sent to Nagpur to interrogate about the accused.

A case has been registered with the Ulhasnagar police station and the accused has been charged under several sections. Informants believe that the two of them first met in January 2014 on a social networking site and fell in love after chatting with each other. Both of them decided to meet in a lodge for safety but the girl wasn't allowed as she was a minor. Adhar card was acquired from the minor and a duplicate document was produced to allow minor into the lodge where the recording took place. The accussed tried to repeat this again, but was refused by the minor.

Harshada Dagde, investigation officer of the case from Central police station said, "I was called for this case as there was no woman police available at Ulhasnagar police station. We have sent the girl for medical tests and reports are awaiting. We will also go through the Facebook accounts of the accused to get more details about the case. We are investigating the case from all possible ends".

In Ulhasnagar, another rape case was registered on December 8. A 7-year-old was raped by her neighbour, Sumit Suresh Shirke. The accused, 28-year-old is unemployed. According to the police, the victim was first raped during Diwali vacation and was threatened to not say anything about the incident. The minor was raped under the pretext of playing with her and was threatened after the act. However, after some days, the girl told about the pain and narrated her ordeal to her family members who lodged the complaint to arrest the accused.

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