A 22-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a woman here and threatening to upload her private video online, police said. Rahul Yadav, a resident of Handia in Prayagraj district, was booked on Friday under charges of rape and criminal intimidation for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman.
He was arrested from near Gyanpur-Gopiganj tri-section here, police said. Gyanpur Police Station SHO Vinod Kumar Tiwari Yadav used to talk to the woman while visiting his elder's brother's in-laws who live in her village.
On March 3, he took her on a motorcycle to a place and raped her and also made a video of it, he said. According to police, after the incident, he blackmailed her into having sex with him several times till March 5 using the video.
Tiwari said the victim herself approached police on Friday evening and lodged a complaint against Yadav. The medical examination of the woman is yet to be conducted, the SHO said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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