------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Youth arrested for raping teenager --------------------------------------------- The Maina-Curtorim police have arrested an 18 year old youth on charges of raping a teenager. According to the police, mother of a 17 year old girl hailing from a village close to Margao, has lodged a complaint alleging that her daughter was threatened, assaulted and raped by a student of the same college, who is a drop-out.
She further atated that the accused Amit Gaonkar from Uddo, Raia stopped her daughter while she was on her way to college and struck a conservation. Subsequently, he proposed to marry her. When she refused, he allegedly threatened to stab her if she did not come with him to meet his parents at that very moment.
The complainant further states that out of fear the victim went with the accused Amit at his residence only to find the house locked. He allegedly assaulted her, dragged her inside the house and raped her.
"As the house is located in an isolated place nobody heard her cries for help. After raping her, he let her go after which she ran on to the road, took a lift and came to Margao," the mother of the girl stated.
The girl related the incident to her mother in the evening. PSI Uday Parab acting on the complaint picked-up the accused Amit from his residence and placed him under arrest on the charge of rape.
The victim and the accused were sent for a medical check-up at the Goa Medical College. ------------------------------------------- Gomantak Times 17/9/03 page 2 --------------------------------------------
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