Shakeel was booked by Chanderghat police on 6 May, under IPC sections 448, 376 and 506 and under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) and SC/ST Prevention from Atrocities Acts, reported by facebook page Documenting Crimes Against Hindus.

Hyderabad, Telangana : A minor Dalit girl, who survived an alleged rape attempt by party worker two days ago, has revealed that the accused would constantly ask her for sexual favours despite being married, and would threaten her with gangrape. The accused, Mohammad Shakeel, works for the Asaduddin Owaisi-led political party AIMIM and he is a close aide of AIMIM MLA from Malakpet, Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala.

Shakeel was booked by Chanderghat police on 6 May, under IPC sections 448, 376 and 506 and under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) and SC/ST Prevention from Atrocities Acts. The FIR (number 118/2010) was registered on the basis of a complaint given by the survivor’s cousin. The alleged crime took place on the intervening night of 5 and 6 May.

The statement in the FIR says that the girl and her cousin’s family live in the same colony.Around 2 am, the complainant was filling water from a tap when he heard a noise. He barged into his cousin’s house to find Shakeel outside the washroom. The girl was crying. When confronted, he said he wanted to marry the girl. An altercation broke out as Shakeel is already married, the statement says. Shakeel then hurled casteist abuses at the girl and the cousin, and threatened them with consequences boasting that he is an MIM leader.

However, he managed to escape the spot before they could call the police.The statement further says that the girl later revealed that Shakeel had been obstructing her on the streets and harassing her for months now, asking her for sexual favours. That night, she had got up to answer the nature’s call when Shakeel jumped over the compound wall to reach her.

She also told that , “Shakeel would often threaten me with gangrape. He forcibly gave his phone number to me. He would tell me to call him else he would ask his friends to rape me.”

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