22-year-old rape accused arrested in Selaqui

  • | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

DEHRADUN: A 22-year-old man was arrested by Dehradun police from Selaqui area of the city on charges of raping a minor girl after holding her captive for many days. We got a tip-off and arrested him from Selaqui,” said sub-inspector Rathore. The victim, a native of Kharkari in Haridwar, was a factory worker in Selaqui.Police said the accused, a resident of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh , knew each other as they both were working in the same factory in Selaqui industrial area. “He befriended her and took her to Mainpuri on March 18 saying there is a marriage in his family,” police said.The accused, identified as Satyabhan, held the minor girl captive in his native house and raped her for many days before leaving her alone at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.“He threatened her of dire consequences if she told anybody about the incident. A zero FIR was filed in Sahaspur police station initially as the incident took place in Mainpuri,” said Naresh Rathore, in charge of Sahaspur police station.The FIR was registered under section 376 ( rape ), 342 (wrongful confinement), 504 (breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and section 5/6 of POCSO Act.Seeing the sensitivity of the matter, additional director general of police (law and order) Ashok Kumar ordered the district police to initiate investigation in the case and make efforts to arrest the culprit.“A team was formed to arrest Satyabhan on the directions of SSP Dehradun.

DEHRADUN: A 22-year-old man was arrested by Dehradun police from Selaqui area of the city on charges of raping a minor girl after holding her captive for many days. The victim, a native of Kharkari in Haridwar, was a factory worker in Selaqui.Police said the accused, a resident of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh , knew each other as they both were working in the same factory in Selaqui industrial area. “He befriended her and took her to Mainpuri on March 18 saying there is a marriage in his family,” police said.The accused, identified as Satyabhan, held the minor girl captive in his native house and raped her for many days before leaving her alone at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.“He threatened her of dire consequences if she told anybody about the incident. A zero FIR was filed in Sahaspur police station initially as the incident took place in Mainpuri,” said Naresh Rathore, in charge of Sahaspur police station.The FIR was registered under section 376 ( rape ), 342 (wrongful confinement), 504 (breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and section 5/6 of POCSO Act.Seeing the sensitivity of the matter, additional director general of police (law and order) Ashok Kumar ordered the district police to initiate investigation in the case and make efforts to arrest the culprit.“A team was formed to arrest Satyabhan on the directions of SSP Dehradun. We got a tip-off and arrested him from Selaqui,” said sub-inspector Rathore.

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