A local court in Hyderabad sentenced 24-year-old A. Aakash Kumar to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in Lallaguda in 2019. The survivor, now an engineering student, thanked police for securing the conviction.

Hyderabad: A local court on Wednesday has sentenced a youth to rigourous imprisonment for a period of 25-years in the rape and criminal intimidation case of a minor girl reported at Lallaguda in 2019. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

The convict identified as A Aakash Kumar (24) of New Mettuguda in Secunderabad had stalked the 16-year-old girl and by putting her in fear of sharing her private photos, sexually violated her several times. He further threatened her not to reveal it to her family members.

Fearing consequences, the girl

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