19-Year-Old Held For Raping Teen Girl

Hyderabad: A 19-year-old student was arrested on Monday from Musheerabad area on the charge of raping a teenage girl and blackmailing her after taking pictures of the act. The accused M. Pavan Kumar befriended a 17-year-old girl, an intermediate student, around two years ago and called her to his house under the pretext of introducing her to his parents on January 28. When the victim went there he sexually assaulted her and also recorded the act for blackmailing her later.

"The accused had been blackmailing her saying that he will post the photos on social media if she did not agree to come with him whenever he wants to," a police official said.

On March 13, the accused took her to a vacant house in Uppal area and again sexually assaulted her. The accused was arrested after a complaint was lodged by the girl and a rape case was registered against him.