BENGALURU: A police constable in his late 30s has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor who sought assistance after being raped by her neighbour on the pretext of marriage.
“In Dec last year, the girl and her mother approached Bommanahalli Police, alleging that the neighbour had been harassing the teen for marriage. The girl hadn’t revealed anything about the neighbour raping her and her mother said she didn’t know about the same. The cop, who discovered that the neighbour had established physical relations with the girl, befriended her and took her to a hotel room. There, he gave her beer laced with sleeping pills and raped her. He threatened her saying he had recorded the act on his cell phone and would upload it on social media if she dared to file a police complaint against him,” an investigating officer said.
The girl later informed her mother about both sexual assaults. Her mother then filed a police complaint against the accused duo on Feb 13, based on which an FIR was registered under Pocso Act. The neighbour was arrested the same day.
Police said the accused constable was married and had a minor son. He had fled the city soon after the FIR was registered and was arrested a few days later.