The person was arrested on Sunday for rape and different offences. (Representational)
Mumbai:
A 58-year-old self-styled godman was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping a lady from the time she was a minor, a Mumbai police official mentioned.
The household of the sufferer had are available in contact with Suresh Kumar Ravindra Narayan Awasthi after being advised about his “divine” powers by some acquaintances, the Versova police station official mentioned.
“On the pretext of rituals, he raped the sufferer a number of occasions since 2019 (when she was a minor), clicked objectionable images of her and continued to sexually assault her by threatening to add these footage on the web,” he mentioned.
After she just lately advised her mother and father about her ordeal, the household approached police. he mentioned.
Awasthi, an info expertise skilled, was arrested on Sunday for rape and different offences underneath Indian Penal Code and Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act provisions, the official mentioned.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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