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Friendship through gaming app: Nashik resident rapes minor girl

Maharashtra: A youth from Nashik raped a minor girl by barging into her house over a friendship he made through the online game ‘Free Fire’. This shocking incident came to light on January 12. Citizens caught the accused and handed him over to the police. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Saud Raju Shamsuddin Ansari (22, Malegaon, Nashik). The 14-year-old girl from Aheri met him while playing the online game Free Fire. After this, the two started chatting daily. After this, they started talking on the phone. The friendship turned into love. Taking advantage of this, the accused youth reached Aheri from Nashik on January 11. The girl’s parents had gone out of town for work.

During this time, he stayed at the girl’s house and raped her. Meanwhile, in the morning, as soon as some people came to know that an unknown youth was at the victim’s house, citizens caught him from the girl’s house and handed him over to the police. After recording the girl’s statement, a case was registered under Sections 640(1), 65(1) of the Indian Penal Code as well as Sections 4, 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the accused was arrested. The incident has shaken the parents of Aheri. The accused Mohammad Saud Ansari was produced in the Aheri Sessions Court on January 13. At present, the court has sent him to two days of police custody. Police Inspector Swapnil Ijjapawar said that further investigation is underway.

Incidents of abuse through acquaintances on social media are often seen in urban areas. However, the picture of its spread is also emerging in rural areas of Gadchiroli. The incident in Aheri has shaken the parents. Earlier, cases of financial fraud through online gaming have come to the fore. Meanwhile, similar cases of large-scale financial fraud from the elderly had also come to light. But now minor girls are being trapped in the trap of love through this medium. Only a few of these cases get resolved, while in many cases parents do not come forward to complain due to social prestige. Therefore, the administration has appealed to the parents to keep an eye on their minor children while giving them mobile phones.

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