Haryana: Property dealer arrested for raping minor in Panipat

CHANDIGARH: Panipat police on Friday arrested a 34-year-old property dealer for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl living near his house in a residential colony falling under Qilla police station in Haryana.
The accused was arrested on the complaint of the survivor, who is carrying a five-month pregnancy, said Inspector Narender Singh, the SHO of Quilla police station.
According to information, the survivor lives with her paternal uncle and aunt with their children.
She informed police that accused had first abused her six months ago when she was alone at home. Since then he had been repeatedly raping her. Since the accused had been threatening to get her and her family members killed, she did not report the matter.
"On Thursday, she had come to our police station and lodged the complaint. She was counselled and medically examined. Acting on the reports, we booked and arrested the accused. He was produced before the court that remanded him to judicial custody," said Narender Singh.
So far as her medical condition is concerned, we have sought complete details from the doctors who have examined her, he added.
The accused works with his father and the family has landed property. He is a bachelor and his family is looking for his matrimonial alliance. Sources said that he had made an attempt to get the girl’s pregnancy terminated.