Thursday, December 26, 2013

Man arrested on charges of sexual assault and making lewd recording

GANGTOK, 24 Dec: In probably one of the first of its kind incident recorded in Sikkim, one person was picked up by the police for making recordings of a sexual act, apart from sexual assault as well.
Sadar police arrested one person on charges of sexual assault and making lewd recordings. A 49-year-old resident of Phodong was arrested on 21 December by the police after the victim, a woman in her twenties, filed a complaint against him. As per the complaint of the woman, the accused also got her drunk.
It is learnt that the accused as well as the victim met through a common friend a few days back when she was on the lookout for a place to stay in Gangtok. The accused, it seems, agreed to find her a place as well as take care of the rent. It is informed that on 18 December, the woman who came to Gangtok in search of a place, met with the accused and later as she was returning the two stayed at a lodge in Deorali. Here, as per the complainant, she was served alcohol and the accused allegedly took advantage of her inebriated state. Next morning she came to know that the accused had also made lewd voice recordings of the night before. This, the woman has alleged, could have been to blackmail her.
The accused was taken into custody and booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for rape and wrongful confinement. He has also been booked under Section 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 which deals with the transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act in electronic form.
This section carries imprisonment which could extend to 5 years and fine which could extend to Rs.10 lakh.

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