Karnataka Shocker: Man Arrested in Raichur for Raping 19-Year-Old Girl, Threatening to Leak Intimate Pictures While Posing as Police Official

Mangaluru, August 11: A man from Karnataka's Raichur has been arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman multiple times and also for threatening to leak her intimate pictures online, police said. An all-women police station here arrested the 22-year-old man on Thursday for committing the crime after posing himself as a police official, authorities said.

The victim, who is an engineering student, lodged a police complaint on August 8. In the complaint, the teenager stated that she got acquainted with the man, who posed himself as a police inspector, through Instagram. He promised her of securing a job for her family members and collected personal identification documents. Mumbai Shocker: Scolded by Dad, Teenage College Student Jumps to Death From Fifth Floor of Building in Sion.

He took her to a local temple and to the popular Tannirbhavi beach here in May and took some intimate pictures of them together. Later, he threatened to post the pictures on social media and coerced her to go with him to a lodge in Bengaluru, where he raped her.

He also took her to a lodge at Kinnigoli near here where the woman was sexually assaulted. He later threatened to post her nude pictures on social media and demanded Rs 1.5 lakh for deleting the pictures, she said in the complaint. Manipur Gang-Rape Horror: Another Horrific Case of Rape and Torture Comes to Light After Over 100 Days.

Police said Yamanur was a street theatre artiste and used his police costumes to cheat the teenager. He has been charged under various sections of Indian Penal Code including sexual assault and 67(A) of the Information Technology Act. The accused was produced in court on Thursday and remanded in judicial custody.

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