A 24-year-old man was arrested from South Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar for raping a Class XII student of a Government school and extorting money from her. The accused had befriended the victim on a social networking site four months back. He clicked obscene pictures of her and started blackmailing her. So far he has fleeced her of Rs 2 lakh in the last two months.
Firoz Khan lived with his parents in Netaji Nagar. He worked in a private firm. “The arrest was made on September 23 following a complaint by the 17-year-old girl. The victim told police that he had allegedly raped her and was exacting money from her,” a senior police officer said, adding that based on the victim’s plaint, a case was registered under Sections 376 (rape) 384 (extortion) and 34 of the IPC and several Sections of Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against the accused at Sarojini Nagar Police Station in South Delhi. The victim informed police that four months ago, she met the Firoz on Facebook and started a conversation with him. “Weeks later, they had a rendezvous in a coffee shop in South Extension. Some meetings later, he proposed to her and developed physical relations with her on the false pretext of marriage,” the officer added.
Police said that the accused later started blackmailing the teen and so far he has wrung Rs 2 lakh from the victim in the last two months. The victim soon realised he had gypped her under the guise of marriage. “She finally mustered courage and approached her parents who apprised police. She was taken to a hospital for a medical exam which confirmed rape,” an officer said.
In another incident, a 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping and sodomising a minor girl in South Delhi’s South Campus area while a 54-year-old AIIMS employee, who allegedly groped a female security guard in South Delhi’s Hauz Khas area on Sunday evening, was arrested on Monday.