Hyderabad: A police constable was arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly raping a minor girl multiple times in the last four years by promising to marry her and blackmailing her. Also, departmental proceedings will be initiated against him, police said.
The accused, Pradeep is a 2020-batch constable, currently posted in Rajendranagar police station. Based on a complaint lodged by the victim's family, a case was registered against him under Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The complainant said that the accused had befriended the minor girl four years ago and had sexually exploited her multiple times by promising to marry her. He had also recorded her obscene videos and threatened to post those online. When the girl informed her parents, they approached police.
"When the victim asked him to marry her he told that he had got married last year. He even blackmailed her with the videos that he had in his possession," police said.
