Rajgarh police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl and blackmailing her. The accused has been identified as Nikhil Gokhale, a resident of Sardarpur village. He has been arrested under Section 376(1) (sexual assault) of the Indian Penal Code as well as relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.

Rajgarh police station-in-charge Lokesh Singh Bhadoria said that girl and her family members in their complaint to Rajgarh police informed that the accused Nikhil committed a crime in the month of May this year during the lockdown. They claimed that the accused barged into the house and sexually assaulted a girl during the night when she was alone. Accused even filmed the entire incident on his mobile phone and later started blackmailing her and demanding money from her family members.

The family claimed that the accused demanded Rs five lakh from them and threatened them that he will circulate this video if his demand is not fulfilled. Failing to extract money from the victim’s family, the accused circulated this video recently.

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