Overview
- The 25-year-old from Punjab escaped Saturday night and reached Ferozpur Jhirka police station to file a complaint, after which officers arrested Zaheer, 20.
- Zaheer, a resident of Dhondh village in Nuh, appeared in a local court on Sunday and was remanded to judicial custody.
- Her statement says they met on social media about a year ago, he lured her to a hotel, raped her, filmed her, and then extorted about ₹1.5 lakh using the video.
- The FIR lists rape and blackmail, and it also invokes the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2022, a state law that targets forced or fraudulent religious conversion.
- Police say the victim has returned home with her family, and the investigation now focuses on the alleged captivity in Nuh and digital evidence tied to the video and payments.