AGRA: A man allegedly raped a 19-year-old girl by impersonating himself as lawyer to frame his rivals in

. Accused Narayan Pachauri (27) of Bada Gaon Kotra under Sahawar police jurisdiction, and his father, Ramnaresh Pachauri, who allegedly helped his son in confining the girl in his home, were arrested.

According to police, Narayan came in contact with the victim, who hails from an area under Sidhpura police jurisdiction, in May. She was searching for a lawyer to help her mother in a land dispute case with her

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“Since the girl and her family were not aware of law procedures, the accused misguided the girl and took her with him against her wishes. He raped her and confined her at various locations such as Mathura, Kasganj and Badaun districts. He also hatched a plan to use the girl against his rivals and forced her to file rape charges against them. Narayan also threatened the girl of dire consequences if she doesn’t do as directed. He wrote fake letters and tweeted to the PMO, CMO, DGP, SSP offices mentioning that girl will commit suicide on July 1 if an FIR against his rivals named in the written complaint of rape is not lodged. He was building pressure on the police administration to lodge a false FIR. Later, victim’s brother lodged an FIR against Narayan for confining his sister against her wishes,” said station house officer Rajkumar Singh of Sidhpura.

Accused Narayan was also involved in robbery and fraud cases as well, police said.

Narayan has been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 342 (wrongful confinement).