Mumbai: 20-year-old reality TV show contestant has been arrested by Mumbai police for allegedly raping a minor girl, a senior official said today.
Aditya Gupta, a dancer who had earlier participated in TV reality show, was arrested by the crime branch unit IX on Tuesday in connection with the offence, he said.
The accused had approached the 17-year-old girl, a resident of suburban Andheri, on social media recently. The two subsequently met in Andheri on Sunday, he said.
The girl was abandoned near an eatery in Andheri in a semi-conscious state on Monday. She later called her parents and informed them about the incident.
He was handed over to officials at Andheri's DN Nagar police station, where the girl's father had registered a case of kidnapping on Monday after she did not return home.
Aditya Gupta, a dancer who had earlier participated in TV reality show, was arrested by the crime branch unit IX on Tuesday in connection with the offence, he said.
The accused had approached the 17-year-old girl, a resident of suburban Andheri, on social media recently. The two subsequently met in Andheri on Sunday, he said.
The girl was abandoned near an eatery in Andheri in a semi-conscious state on Monday. She later called her parents and informed them about the incident.
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He was handed over to officials at Andheri's DN Nagar police station, where the girl's father had registered a case of kidnapping on Monday after she did not return home.
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