Youngster held for raping minor on pretext of marriage

The SR Nagar police on Thursday arrested a youngster on charges of luring and raping a minor girl on the promise of marriage.

Police said E.Vivek Kumar (20) from Yellareddyguda, allegedly lured the 17-year-old girl on the promise of marriage and took her to a temple and secretly married her in November last



year. He then took her to a rented room, where he raped her. He took her to his house and was harassing her mentally and physically for the last five months.

Based on a complaint from the victim’s mother, the SR Nagar police booked a case arrested Vivek. He was produced before court and remanded in judicial custody.