Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: February 07, 2024, 17:12 IST
Indian hockey participant Varun Kumar (X)
Indian hockey participant Varun Kumar has been booked below the stringent POCSO act by the Bengaluru Police after a lady accused him of sexually abusing her a number of occasions when she was a minor.
Bengaluru Police probing rape fees in opposition to Indian nationwide group Hockey participant Varun Kumar mentioned they’re gathering proof, scanning by means of Call element information, messages and voice notes exchanged between him and the alleged sufferer as a part of the continued investigation.
The police would quickly be approaching the 28-year-old to hitch the probe, they mentioned.
“We are investigating the case and are collecting the required evidence. We have not approached Kumar yet. He is out of Karnataka, so we will be contacting him soon to join the probe. We have not sent any teams to his place where he is currently undergoing training. If he comes, fine, or we will have to send our team there,” a senior police officer instructed PTI.
“We have already started collecting evidence. We are scanning through messages exchanged between the victim and Kumar, the voice notes, call detail records. We would also be approaching their mutual friends to record statements,” he mentioned.
Kumar has been booked below the stringent POCSO act by the Bengaluru Police after a lady accused him of sexually abusing her a number of occasions when she was a minor.
The 22-year-old, in her criticism filed on Monday, mentioned that she got here in touch with Kumar in 2018 by means of Instagram, and the participant raped her on a number of events promising her of marriage when she was 17.
She mentioned Kumar was coaching on the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bengaluru when she met him.
Kumar, who acquired the Arjuna award in 2021, was just lately promoted as a DSP in Punjab Police.
“Based on the complaint received from the woman, we have registered a case on Monday against the Hockey player under appropriate section of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and sections 376 (rape) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code,” a senior Bengaluru Police officer mentioned on Tuesday.
Kumar, who was on the Indian standby listing for the Tokyo Olympics, is at present coaching with the nationwide squad in Bhubaneswar for the upcoming FIH Pro League. India are scheduled to face Spain of their opening encounter on February 10. There was hypothesis that Kumar, a part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games silver-medal profitable Indian group, is on the run, however Hockey India rubbished the hearsay.
Kumar, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, made his debut for India in 2017.
In the FIR, the girl has alleged that Kumar insisted on assembly her after they acquired in contact on Instagram and she or he relented after a few of his mates satisfied her. The two ultimately turned mates and acquired right into a relationship.
According to the girl, he took her to a resort in Bengaluru’s Jayanagar in July 2019 and made bodily relations together with her regardless of being conscious that she was a minor on the time. She mentioned she had resisted however he promised to take their relationship a step additional and marry her later.
“She accused him of getting physical with her on several occasions over the five-year long relationship she shared with him on the pretext of marriage,” the FIR said. The girl alleged that he began distancing himself from her and stopped responding to her calls and messages after her father died final 12 months.
According to the FIR, Kumar paid her a go to to supply condolences however stopped speaking after that. She mentioned that Kumar resumed communication together with her when she tried to strategy the police on a earlier event. However, he once more distanced himself when she continued on the subject of marriage. He then threatened to add her photographs on social media if she exerted stress on him.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated news company feed – PTI)
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