Mau , A police constable and three others have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to frame the father of a minor girl, who had earlier accused the cop of rape, in a false sexual assault case, police said on Saturday.
Police said analysis of call detail records of suspicious mobile numbers and other evidence revealed an alleged conspiracy behind the complaint. The case was registered at Kotwali Nagar police station. The arrestees have been identified as constable Vishal Bharti, posted at Mau police lines, Sakina Khatoon, Nisar alias Nesar Ahmad and Zoya alias Gul Nihar. The minor girl had accused Bharti of raping her on the pretext of marriage and circulating her intimate videos.
The conspiracy was linked to a rape case registered in 2023 against Bharti, who was then posted at Muhammadabad Gohna police station, according to police.
A case was registered under relevant provisions, including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Information Technology Act, police said. The alleged motive was to influence the ongoing trial in the earlier case and put pressure on the minor girl’s family, police said.
The arrests followed an investigation into a case registered on July 23 against the girl’s father on a woman’s complaint that he had raped her on the pretext of providing her a job and threatened her to remain silent, Superintendent of Police Sarvesh Kumar Mishra said.
