Youth held for raping woman at gunpoint for two years

INDORE: A youth has been arrested from Manasa town of Neemuch district on charges of raping a 28-year-old dalit woman on gunpoint for two years.
The accused identified as Yasmin Pathan, 30, was arrested on Friday night, said police sources.
The arrest was made after the rape survivor, mother of two, lodged a complaint at the Manasa police station on Friday morning.
The arrested youth, is already accused in an Arms Act case and has been booked under Sections 376, 506 of IPC, besides the SC/ST Act and the Arms Act, Manasa police station in charge R S Bhadoria told TOI over phone on Saturday.
According to Bhadoria, the youth was raping the woman for past two years on gunpoint and had even opened fire on her twice in the past to threaten her from telling about the incident to anyone.
The woman, however, gathered the courage against Yasmin on Friday morning and reported the matter to Neemuch police.
"A country made pistol and live cartridges have been recovered from Yasmin, who is now on police remand," the Manasa police station in charge added.
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