India News | Lucknow Nursing Intern Arrested for Asking 'girlfriend' to Cut Herself with Blade, Recording Act

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 25-year-old nursing intern at a Community Health Centre in the Mall area here has been arrested for allegedly asking a woman to cut her hands and chest in order to prove her loyalty to him, police on Tuesday said.

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Lucknow, Nov 22 (PTI) A 25-year-old nursing intern at a Community Health Centre in the Mall area here has been arrested for allegedly asking a woman to cut her hands and chest in order to prove her loyalty to him, police on Tuesday said.

The accused, Avendra Sonwani, during a video call to the 21-year-old woman, asked her to cut herself with a blade, said a senior police officer. He saved the video and later uploaded it on social media.

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Mall Police Station SHO Praveen Kumar Singh said that police arrested Sonwani on Monday and booked him under sections 376 (rape), 354 (assaulting a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and IT Act.

The victim too was doing internship at CHC Mall, Singh said.

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Sonwani was booked after the girl's parents lodged a complaint with the police.

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