Brother’s friend stalks & rapes girl

Bhopal: A 21-year-old woman approached police on Sunday and accused her elder brother's friend of raping and blackmailing her for the past six years since she was a minor.The man allegedly sexually exploited the girl using her intimate videos which he had recorded and saved. He abducted the girl last month and forcefully married her at a temple. When her family members approached police to lodge a missing person complaint, police did not register a case citing that she was an adult.The woman sent her complaint to police by post as the man was now issuing threats to send her videos to her would be groom and in-laws as the girl's family fixed her marriage. Police said a case has been registered on charges of rape under relevant sections of BNS and POCSO Act, and the accused is on the run.According to police, the accused lives near the complainant, a 21-year-old woman's residence. He was her elder brother's friend and frequently visited her home to meet him.The woman alleged that in Aug 2020, when she was 15 years old, the man approached her home and raped her on finding her alone. He recorded her obscene video clips, threatened to circulate them and began sexually assaulting her whenever he found her alone. Recently when the woman's family fixed her marriage, the man once again threatened to leak the obscene video clips to her would be in-laws. He forced the woman into a non-consensual marriage ceremony at a temple and kept her confined. The girl managed to run away from his clutches but the man continued to stalk and harass her. The woman then sent her complaint to police through speed post and later reached the police station to record her statements, cops added.