Raped a minor girl on the pretext of marriage, accused arrested in Poxo Act

Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi: The accused of raping a minor student of Marwahi police station on the pretext of marriage has been arrested by the police under the POCSO Act. The victim had written a report in the Marwahi police station that the accused Niranjan Lakhawat (32 years) of village Matiyadand used to follow the girl student while coming and going to school.

He later developed a physical relationship on the pretext that he would marry her. Four years later, the student came to know that the young man was married. After coming to know about this, he wrote a report against the accused youth. Police arrested the accused from village Semardari. Offense has been registered against him under 376, 506 IPC and 4, 6 POCSO Act. On being produced in the court, he was sent to jail on judicial remand.