Govindpura police have nabbed an accused involved in selling a minor girl at Rs 2 lakh.
The accused identified as Aslam has been booked for burglary and his involvement in crimes of same nature have to be investigated while the three accused Najma, Saleem and Kallu are yet to be arrested.
The victim, a resident of Sagar district and came to Gairatganj to attend a marriage function and met Aslam at ISBT to board a bus for Sagar. After Aslam came to know that she was searching for job he offered help and took her to Najma at Karond where she introduced victim to Saleem and Kallu in Kalapipal where the girl got alerted regarding the ill intents of the accused and raised alarm at Kalapipal railway station after which passengers gathered and caught hold of Aslam while other managed to escape.
The case was then registered with Kalapipal police from where the case diary was transferred to Govindpura police on Tuesday. It was found that the accused were trying to sell the minor for Rs 2 lakh. Meanwhile, a 30-year-old married woman was sexually assaulted and threatened to make her indecent photographs public by a boutique owner at lala lajpath Colony under Aishbagh police station area; a complaint was lodged on Tuesday. Police said that the victim used to visit the boutique of the accused Rehan Khan for purchasing garments and around two months ago accused visited her house and sexually assaulted her and later blackmailed her. The victim was threatened of life, later the victim lodged a complaint mustering courage against the accused who used to blackmail her demanding money using the indecent photographs of the victim. Police registered a case under sections 376 and 506 of the IPC and started search for the accused who went absconding after the complaint.