A 35-year-old man was nabbed for sexually assaulting a Dalit girl in Shahpura on May 21; a case was registered after the victim lodged a complaint at Shahpura police station on Wednesday.
According to the police, the accused Vikram Singh accompanied the 18-year-old victim to his house for cleaning the house and later sexually assaulted her.
The victim, shocked of the incident did not report the incident to family members on the day of the incident but later when she reported illness after two days of the incident and was taken for treatment where the incident came to light after which family members took her to Shahpura police station and lodged a complaint.
In her complaint the victim claimed that after her work at the site on May 21 when she was on her way home the accused offered her to drop but later took her to his house for cleaning purpose and raped her.
SHO of Shahpura police station said that the accused was arrested after the complaint was lodged. The accused helps his father in his construction business and was looking after the construction work at Shahpura. The victim used to work as labour at the construction site and was accompanied by the accused to drop her safely at her home.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 376 and section 3(2) (5) of SC and ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. Accused was nabbed and later the case has been transferred to SC/ST police where the further investigations would be conducted.