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An 18-year-old pupil from Secunderabad earlier arrested for sexually assaulting and blackmailing a 16-year-old miss has been sentenced to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment by a tribunal successful Nampally connected Wednesday. The tribunal besides slapped a good of ₹10,000 connected the accused.
The accused was identified arsenic Asham Aakash Kumar, a nonmigratory of New Mettuguda. He was booked nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and different sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The lawsuit dates backmost to 2019. Police said the insignificant victim, a assemblage student, was stalked by Aakash Kumar, who was her elder and an acquaintance done Instagram. He gained her trust, manipulated her emotionally and captured intimate photos of her, which helium aboriginal utilized to blackmail her for money, starring the unfortunate to bargain from her home. He continued to maltreatment and endanger her for a prolonged period, portion sexually assaulting her.
The substance came to airy erstwhile the girl’s parents, alerted by her assemblage astir her absence, questioned her. Following her disclosure, a ailment was filed astatine Lallaguda constabulary presumption and the lawsuit was referred to the Bharosa Centre for counselling and support.
The Bharosa squad provided counselling and affectional assistance to the survivor, who was initially withdrawn and fearful. Medical grounds was besides collected astatine the centre. Police said the miss has present recovered and is pursuing Bachelor’s successful Computer Science and Engineering.
