A 24-year-old hardware engineer was arrested from North-West Delhi's Rohini for allegedly raping and extorting money from a class XII student of a private school located in Pitampura.
The accused befriended with the victim through a social networking site almost eight months ago. Police said that the accused had also clicked some obscene pictures of the victim and started blackmailing her.
He had extorted around Rs 3 lakh and in the last week of May he had demanded Rs 6 lakh from the victim.
Police said that the accused has been identified as Rohit Sood, who lived with his parents in Gole Market area. His parents are Government employees. "The arrest was made on June 3 following on the complaint of a 17-year-old girl. The victim told the police that he allegedly raped her and was extorting money from her," a senior police officer said.
The victim informed the police that eight months ago, she met with the accused on Facebook and started chatting with him. "After some weeks, they exchanged their numbers and started talking on phone. later, Rohit sought a meeting and they met in a coffee shop in South Extension. After some meetings, he proposed to her and developed physical relations with her on the pretext of marriage," the officer added.
later, the victim realised that he had cheated her on the pretext of marriage. "She was in a state of shock but after two days, with the help of her friends, he fearlessly informed her parents who in turn informed the police about the incident.
later, she was taken to hospital for medical examination which confirmed rape," an officer said. Based on the victim's complaint, a case was registered under Sections 376 (rape) 383 (extortion), 506 (threatening) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC against the accused at N Rohini police station of Outer Delhi.