On September 27, a teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat tried to commit suicide after she was allegedly raped and blackmailed by a neighbour.
An FIR against the accused neighbour, Naseem, was registered by the police on a complaint by the 17-year-old girl’s father on Tuesday night.
The rape survivor took poison and fell unconscious. Once she regained her consciousness, she narrated her ordeal to her father and named Naseem, the neighbour as the culprit. The accused had been arrested by the police.
The victim was not only raped but also harassed and blackmailed by the accused, due to which she attempted to commit suicide, the girl’s father told the police.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Singh said, the accused has been arrested and a probe is underway on the matter.
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing rape incidents in a row, amid Hathras Gangrape & Balrampur, this is yet another one.
(More details are awaited in the case.)
