Stalked for a year, blackmailed with private photos: 16-year-old 'raped' in Gwalior
A 16-year-old girl in Gwalior was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old neighbor who had been stalking and blackmailing her with private photographs for a year. The accused has been taken into custody and sent to a reform home under the POCSO Act.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the ongoing crisis of gender-based violence and the dangers of digital blackmail among minors in India.
BHOPAL: On the day two Class 10 students were allegedly harassed on a road in Bihar’s Jamui, a similar incident unfolded nearly 1,000 km away in Gwalior, where a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 17-year-old neighbour after he threatened and blackmailed her with private photographs, police said.The Gwalior girl was on her way to a coaching class on Saturday evening when the accused allegedly intercepted her on a motorcycle, threatened to make the photographs and chats public and forced her to accompany him to a flat.Police said the girl alleged that the accused raped her at the flat and later dropped her near her coaching centre.The accused had allegedly been stalking and harassing the Class 10 student for nearly a year, according to her complaint.The girl told police that he had repeatedly followed her to and from coaching classes and later began threatening her with private photographs and…
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