Case registered after intervention of Haryana rights panel

A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly recording an objectionable video of a teenager and raping her several times for over two months earlier this year by threatening to make the video public.

A case was registered following intervention of the Haryana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (HSCPCR) and the accused arrested.

Marriage promise

Shankar Kumar, who lives on rent in Gandhi Nagar, allegedly lured the 15-year-old from his neighbourhood promising marriage.

While her family was away, he took pictures of the teenager with vermilion and also recorded a video with the teenager saying she wanted to marry him.

Threatening to make the video and pictures public, he raped her several times in May and June. He also made her speak to his father over the phone and forced her to say that she loved him.

Noticing that his daughter was upset, the girl’s father, a daily wager, confronted her. She told him about the harassment but not the rape.

When he asked Shankar to mend his ways, the accused allegedly sent the pictures and objectionable video to several of her relatives in her village in Bihar.

The girl’s father complained to the police. Thinking the police will take action against Shankar, the girl told her father about the rape. However, the police failed to take action.

The family then approached HSCPCR member B.K. Goel on November 8 seeking action against the accused and his uncle Shatrughan. Shankar’s uncle is accused of threatening the girl.

FIR registered

Following Mr. Goel’s intervention, an FIR was registered at Gurugram’s Women Police Station the same day under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

The police said Shankar was arrested and further investigations are on.

Threatening to make the video and pictures public, the 20-year-old raped her several times in May and June