Khajuri police rescued a 21-year-old woman from Betul who was kidnapped and sexually assaulted from Bhainskhedi village of Bhopal district on December 17 from her house late in the night.
Police said that the victim was kidnapped at around December 17 from her house by the accused identified as Nasir Shehzad.
After the parents found the victim missing they lodged a complaint with the Khajuri police against Nasir. Police swung into action and started search for the accused who escaped the city after kidnapping the girl.
Based on the mobile phone location of the accused Khajuri tracked him and rescued the victim who was later brought to the state capital. The accused was nabbed by the police and details of the mobile phone which he used to blackmail the victim would be investigated.
The victim was held captive for three days and sexually assaulted by the accused. Victim in her complaint stated that accused used to visit her house frequently and became friend. He accompanied her to few places where he took photographs of the victim which the accused used to blackmail her and pressurize her to develop physical relationship with him but the victim refused and on December 17 accused kidnapped her and took her to Betul where he kept her in a room for three days and sexually assaulted her.
The police have registered a case under sections 363, 366 and 376 of the IPC and section 3 (2) (N) and 3 (1) (W) (I) of the Prevention of Atrocities SC/ST Act. Further investigation has been started.