Aligarh: A police constable was arrested after he raped a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh.
The incident comes barely days after an officer raped a 13-year-old sexual assault victim in the police station.
According to reports, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a policeman who is related to her family in Aligarh.
The accused policeman, who was posted in the Bulandshahr district, was suspended on Sunday. This follows a report by the Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police. He has now been arrested.
According to the police, the girl was visiting a relative when the accused policeman, who is related to the family, took the girl to a neighboring village on his motorcycle and allegedly raped her.
Later, he also allegedly threatened her with dire consequences if she disclosed it to anyone, and fled the spot.
However. the minor informed her relatives about the incident, following which a case was registered at the Atrauli police station.
The girl has been admitted to a hospital for a medical examination.
A senior police officer said a case under the relevant sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act was filed against the policeman after the medical report confirmed the rape charge.
The incident comes days after a 13-year-old rape survivor was allegedly raped again by the in-charge of a police station in Lalitpur when she had gone there to register a complaint.
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