Hyderabad, July 22: Kukatpally sub-inspector of police Sunil Kumar, who faces charges of raping a minor girl, was arrested by the Cyberabad police on Tuesday. He was remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody.
A 16-year-old girl of Vinayak Nagar had lodged a complaint with the Malkajgiri police a couple of days back stating that Sunil Kumar befriended her and raped her after promising to marry her. The girl is Class VIII student of Zilla Parishad High school which is located near the Malkajgiri police station.
Sunil Kumar was posted at the Malkajgiri police station till recently on probation basis. The SI reportedly befriended the girl and raped her in his house.
After he was transferred to the Kukatpally police station, Sunil Kumar started avoiding the girl following which a case has been lodged against him.
“Sunil Kumar was arrested from his residence at Kukatpally on Tuesday and was produced before a court in Malkajgiri,” Malkajgiri police inspector M Madhusudhan Reddy said. He was remanded to 14 days of judicial custody.
Though Sunil Kumar told the police that he was friendly with the girl but he denied having any physical relationship with her.
–Agencies–