According to police, the accused has been identified as Shashank Verma, a resident of Bhopal under Bagsewaniya police station limits. The victim works as Deputy General Manager (DGM) at BHEL, Bhopal.
A spate of extortion calls to car dealers recently had triggered panic among them and the accused Karan Dhingra (aged 30) allegedly hatched a plan to extort money using the same modus operandi.
Rahul Mithas, Superintendent of Police, Mainpuri city said, "A minor girl was raped by her stepfather. A case has been registered against the accused and he has been arrested. The investigation is underway"
A man was arrested on Sunday over a hoax phone call to a police control room, allegedly claiming that explosives had been placed at a bank in Nagpur, officers said.
Delhi police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly making a hoax bomb threat call on a Spice Jet flight from Darbhanga to Delhi earlier this week, officials said on Saturday.
A 45-year-old man from Punjab was detained at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in the national capital for carrying 50 live cartridges in his baggage on Tuesday.
A person attempted to physically assault Nepal's former Prime Minister and Opposition CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli during a popularity campaign in the Dhankuta district of eastern Nepal.
A 30-year-old man was arrested for black marketing tickets for the World Cup semi-final match of India and New Zealand to be held at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on November 15, Police said
The incident occurred in Jharda village under the jurisdiction of Jharda police station in the district on Tuesday. As soon as the police received the information about the matter, they swung into action and arrested the accused, who lives in the same village, within 12 hours of the incident