A minor tribal girl was held captive and sexually assaulted for 4-5 days on the pretext of marriage at Ayodhya Nagar; a case was registered by Shymala Hills police station on Friday.
According to the police the accused Ashok Kumar captivated the victim and sexually assaulted her for past five days and after escaping she lodged a complaint with the police.
In her complaint the victim claimed that on September 26 she was kidnapped by Ashok Kumar and was raped later she managed to escape and lodged a complaint.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 363,366,367 and 376 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Victim was aware about the marital status of the accused or not is yet to be found but it has been found in the initial investigation that the victim was acquainted with the accused for around a year and what went wrong between the two would be investigated.
Police suspect that the two were in relationship but when the victim came to know about the marital status of the accused she lodged a complaint. The accused Ashok Kumar is a resident of Suraj Nagar who lured the victim on pretext of marriage and later raped her in Ayodhya Nagar. The accused is married and have two children from his first marriage.
Victim hails from Sehore and was pursuing her studies. She is a student of class XII and used to live at Tribal hostel at Shymala Hills.