Kanpur: A 20-year-old girl, pursuing a computer course in the city, was allegedly raped by a youth on February 11. The incident came to light after her parents lodged an FIR with the police on February 14.
Reports said when she first met the youth at SSC coaching in 2019 , the suspect clicked her photos with him in park and other places and used them to blackmail the girl over the next few months.
The youth asked her to give him Rs 20,000. On September 16, 2019, the girl withdrew the said amount from her account and later gave it to him. Thereafter, when she started asking him to refund her money, the suspect started giving her threats of making her photos with him public.
“On February 11, while the girl was on her way to write her exam at the computer institute, the suspect waylaid her and forcibly took her to his house and raped her. When she offered resistance, he attacked her with a glass piece,” said the police.
The girl informed her parents, who went to Barra police station on Sunday and narrated the ordeal.
Inspector Barra police station Harmeet Singh said, “The suspect, Lalit Umrao, a resident of J Block Barra Vishwa Bank Colony, has been booked under relevant sections of IPC. Raids are underway to arrest him.”
In her complaint, the girl narrated how she was trapped on the pretext of friendship and exploited physically and mentally. She alleged that the youth asked for money citing family problems. When she asked her to return the money, he gave a sum of Rs 5,000 and when she asked him to give back the remaining amount, threatened to make her photos viral.
The police said that they would also analyse the girl’s bank account. “Police will also go through their call records to gather evidence,” they added.