Police Collecting Evidence Against Hockey Player Varun Kumar, to Approach Him to Join Probe – News18

Bengaluru Police probing rape prices in opposition to Indian nationwide workforce Hockey participant Varun Kumar stated they’re gathering proof, scanning by way of Call element data, messages and voice notes exchanged between him and the alleged sufferer as a part of the continuing investigation.

The police would quickly be approaching the 28-year-old to affix the probe, they stated.

“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 stated.

Kumar has been booked beneath the stringent POCSO act by the Bengaluru Police after a girl accused him of sexually abusing her a number of instances when she was a minor.

The 22-year-old, in her criticism filed on Monday, stated that she got here in touch with Kumar in 2018 by way of Instagram, and the participant raped her on a number of events promising her of marriage when she was 17.

She stated Kumar was coaching on the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bengaluru when she met him.

Kumar, who bought the Arjuna award in 2021, was 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 stated on Tuesday.

Kumar, who was on the Indian standby checklist 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 successful Indian workforce, 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 lady has alleged that Kumar insisted on assembly her after they bought in contact on Instagram and he or she relented after a few of his buddies satisfied her. The two finally grew to become buddies and bought right into a relationship.

According to the lady, he took her to a lodge in Bengaluru’s Jayanagar in July 2019 and made bodily relations along with her regardless of being conscious that she was a minor on the time. She stated 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 yr.

According to the FIR, Kumar paid her a go to to supply condolences however stopped speaking after that. She stated that Kumar resumed communication along with her when she tried to method 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 images on social media if she exerted stress on him.

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