Shakeel Khan, a worker belonging to Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party was arrested by the Chaderghat police for raping a 16 year old Dalit girl.
A resident of Kamal Nagar, Khan had lured the girl who also lives in the same locality and had raped her when she was staying at her uncle’s house. Khan had threatened the girl over phone to not talk about the incident to anyone. However, the girl narrated the ordeal to her guardians who then reported it to the police.
Khan has been charged under relevant sections of the POCSO Act and SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.
Mr. Ramesh IPS, DCP of East Zone, Hyderabad, shared the information regarding the arrest without naming Khan.
Khan has been sent to judicial remand.