A 15-year-old girl, Narmeen Karzoun was sexually forced by an Indian tourist visiting Kabul, Afghanistan, last week and the incident came to light later after an accused shared a video of the crime on a social media platform, the Afghan police said, reported republicofbuzz.com on Sunday.
Superintendent of police Rashid said, “The incident occurred on December 28 in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul. The accused, Deep Desai reportedly threatened the girl with consequences if she informed anyone. Apparently, this is why the girl did not inform her family members about it.”
The local police acted after the video went viral and an FIR was filed in the matter. Teams from four police stations were deployed on the case. The police detained one of the accused.
“We have detained one of the accused and our teams are raiding possible hideouts of the remaining accused. All the accused are adults and are of the same area. Efforts are also being made to prevent further circulation of the video online,” the police officer said.
The local police acted after the video went viral and an FIR was filed in the matter. Teams from four police stations were deployed on the case. The police detained one of the accused.
Some time back, Indian Defence Attache in Kabul Brigadier SK Narain was expelled from Afghanistan over charges of raping an Afghan girl.
Brigadier SK Narain was posted as defence attache in the Indian Embassy in Kabul.
The Afghan girl he raped had reportedly approached the Indian Embassy earlier to obtain a scholarship. She was later raped on the premises.
Taking urgent notice of the incident, the Afghanistan government expelled the Indian army officer from the country immediately. However, no criminal proceedings have been initiated against the accused Indian official.
A few weeks ago three Indian army soldiers also raped an Indian girl while on a moving train. Indian army soldiers have also regularly been accused of committing mass rape in Indian-occupied Kashmir, and have also been involved in incidents of rape while on deputation at UN missions abroad.
New Delhi, the nation’s capital, also has one of the highest number of reported rape cases in the world.