The young man befriended the girl posing as a woman, called her to meet and sexually assaulted her, arrested

Maharashtra Crime: A boy posing as a ‘woman’ on social media befriended a 15-year-old girl and allegedly sexually assaulted her in Maharashtra’s Latur district. The youth also threatened the girl that if she did not accept him as her boyfriend, he would ‘leak’ her pictures. The police informed about this on Wednesday. Police said that the main accused in the case and his two accomplices were arrested from Janwal village of the district on Tuesday, while his 17-year-old friend has been sent to remand home.

The police had registered a case against the accused under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including rape and assault or using criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act.

Befriended by posing as a woman, then sexually assaulted
He told that the main accused created his fake identity as a woman and befriended the victim on Instagram. Police said, “Later, unaware of this, he urged the girl to meet him at a place, when the girl reached the place on Ausa Road, she was surprised to see a boy waiting there. According to the police, there was a long talk between them and during this time the boy took her photo from the mobile phone. A police officer said, “He then threatened her to accept him as her lover or else he would release her picture on social media. After this, the accused also sexually assaulted the girl on the spot.

The victim told the police
Police Inspector Sanivan Mirakale said that the three arrested accused were produced in the court from where they were sent to police custody till June 16.

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