A 28-year-old man was nabbed for sexually assaulting a minor domestic help at Arera Colony under Habibganj police station on December 23.
The police have registered a case on Tuesday after victim lodged a complaint.
According to the police, the accused Rahul Goswami was nabbed after the victim lodged a complaint of sexual assault by the accused.
SHO Habibganj police Ravindra Yadav said that the accused Rahul Goswami sexually assaulted his domestic help who used to work for them. The accused Rahul Goswami works with a private company.
In her complaint the victim stated that on December 23 when she had gone for work at Rahul’s house she was sexually assaulted and threatened not to report the incident. At the time of the incident the accused was alone while his wife had gone out for some work.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC and section 3 and4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act- 2012 and have started further investigation.
The sexual assault surfaced after the accused came to the police station to lodge a complaint of theft against the victim and when the victim came to know she reached the police station along with her mother and lodged a complaint with the police.
Investigating officer SI Subodh Gautam told that the victim had stopped going to the house of Goswami for past three days, saying her mother that she would not go there. However, to pressurise the girl, Goswami reached the police station to lodge a complaint against her to fabricate her in a false case and when she came to know she reported the incident to the police.