Woman alleges rape, forced marriage in Reasi, accused held

20/05/2019

JAMMU, May 19: A woman has accused a shopkeeper of rape, abduction and forcible marriage besides circulating her objectionable pictures on social media in Reasi district, police said Sunday.
The accused and two of his friends were arrested from different locations here after the victim lodged a complaint on Saturday, a police official said, adding the search is on for one Amit Kumar, another accomplice of the accused.
He said the woman filed a written complaint at the local police station alleging that Akshit Sharma alias Akshay Magotra alias Nanu blackmailed and raped her several times over the past one year in the basement of his garment shop before abducting her for marriage.
The victim claimed that she used to visit the shop of Sharma for shopping and one day, last year, when she visited the shop he offered her a glass of water, the official said, adding the woman claimed that she became unconscious after taking the water and found herself naked in the basement of the shop after gaining consciousness. Sharma reportedly told the woman that he has clicked her nude photos and would post them on social media "if she will not act as per his wishes", he said quoting the complainant.
The woman further alleged that since then Sharma has raped her many times in his shop's basement and the latest being on April 6, he added.
On April 25, the official said, Sharma along with his associates Arvind Thakur, Ashok Singh and Amit Kumar called the woman at Shallamar in Jammu and kidnapped her in a car. The accused then threatened to kill the woman and her family and forcibly solemnised court marriage with her, the official said.
"Thereafter, the complainant came to know that the accused has made her nude and objectionable photographs viral on social media," he said.
The official said a case under various sections of the Ranbir Penal Code, including section 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage), and 376 (rape) besides 66E (violation of privacy) under the Information Technology Act, was registered at police station Reasi and further investigation is underway.
Meanwhile a police spokesperson said that reports said that on 18.05.2019, morning at 900hrs one Girl(Name withheld) R/o Reasi produced a written complaint in P/S Reasi stating therein that she used to visit one Shop of Readymade for shopping which was being run by one person namely Akshitsharma @ Akshay Magotra @ Nanu s/o Davinder Mangotra R/o ward no 3 Nai Basti Reasi. Last year one day when she visited the said shop for shopping the said shop keeper offered her a glass of water which she drank.When she took water,she became unconscious and when she gained consciousness, she found herself in naked condition in the basement of the said shop. The said person told her that he has clicked her nude photos and threatened her that he will viral her nude photos if she will not act as per his wishes.
Since then, he used to rape her in the basement of his shop many times. Recently on 6-4-2019 he again called the complaint in his shop and raped her in the basement of his shop. He blackmailed her that if she doesn't marry him he will viral her nude photographs.
On 25/4/2019 he along with his associates namely 1.Ashok Kumar 2.Arvind Kumar 3. Amit Kumar with the criminal intention called her at shallamar Jammu and kidnapped her in a maruti car and threatened her to kill her and her family if she doesn't agree for court marriage & solemnized court marriage with the complainant. Thereafter the complainant came to know that the said shopkeeper has made viral her objectionable/nudephotographs.
On this case FIR no. 103/2019 U/S 366/376/509/109/ RPC 66E IT act was registered at Police Station Reasi and investigation started.
On this SSP Reasi Nisha Nathyal constituted a special team led by Inspr. Ashwani Sharma SHO Reasi and S.I Purshotamsharma I/C P. P Jyotipuram which immediately swung into action and with the help of technical expertise raided many suspected locations in Jammu. Finally said team succeeded to arrest the main accused Akshitsharma from Jammu and other accused namely Arvindthakur S/o Omkar Singh and Ashok Singh S/o Rash pal form different locations where they were hiding themselves to evade their arrest. The said accused were arrested within eight hours of registration of the case.

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