A class 9 student was raped by her neighbour in Saharanpur district on Friday, according to the police, who claimed to have registered a case and arrested the accused.

Superintendent of Police Abhimanyu Manglik, quoting the complaint of a woman, said that on Thursday morning she had gone to the market, leaving her daughter (14) alone at home. In the meantime, the accused, Aman (22), entered the house and allegedly raped her daughter. Aman also threatened her of dire consequences if she informed anyone about the incident.

Manglik said that on the basis of the complaint, the police had registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and arrested the accused on Thursday night.

Meanwhile, in Meerut, a case of rape involving a student preparing for civil services examination has come to light. The victim claimed that she befriended a boy on Facebook and their phone conversations led to the boy establishing physical relations with her on the pretext of marriage.

When she exerted pressure on him for marriage, the boy refused to marry her. After this, the victim reached the office of the senior superintendent of police and narrated her ordeal.

In her complaint, the victim told the police that she was preparing for civil services examination in a coaching centre and was living in a rented room in the Medical police station area. Nine months back, she became friends with Deepak Bisht through Facebook, after which both of them started talking on phone. One day, Deepak called her to meet him in Surajkund Park and proposed to her. Then on June 24, he again called her and took her to a hotel room where he forcibly had physical relations with her. He took her to hotel several times after that and raped her on the pretext of marriage.

The victim said that one day Deepak took her to his home and talked to his family about marriage. But Deepak’s mother refused to approve of their relationship and used caste-related language. The student alleged that she was threatened with death, insulted and forcibly ejected from the house. Subsequently, Deepak began harassing and blackmailing her.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Kamlesh Bahadur said that the student, a resident of Medical police station area, had given an application in which she claimed that she had befriended a boy on Facebook and was raped by him many times on the pretext of marriage. He said the matter was being probed and stern action would be taken against the accused.