JAISALMER: A woman has lodged a case against a youth for blackmailing her in Balotara police station area of Barmer district on Monday.
The woman reached the SP office demanding action against the culprit. She alleged in her complaint that the accused gave her some edible item laced with drugs and clicked her objectionable photos.
In a memorandum submitted to the SP, the victim said around two months ago she had gone to attend a marriage function in Punjab where she met a youth named Manoj. Later, the youth had come to Balotara and took her to a place where he gave her some drugs and later clicked her objectionable photos in unconscious state. He also cheated her in the name of marriage and took money from her on many occasions. After that too he clicked her photos many times and took her to Sindhari by blackmailing her and raped her.
A case had been lodged with Balotara police station, but no action was taken. Therefore she came to the SP office demanding justice.
SP Anand Sharma said the victim and her family members met him and the entire case is being investigated.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per the Supreme Court's directives on cases related to sexual assault)