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Nigerian held on rape charge

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Press Trust of India Bangalore

Prince John alias Johnson, 31, was arrested yesterday, and produced before a local court which remanded him to 14 days judicial custody, Bangalore Rural Superintendent of Police D Prakash told PTI.

He was arrested on information from police in Mumbai where an FIR had been registered on a complaint by the victim's aunt. The case has since been transferred to Bangalore.

Prakash said the woman, a Manipuri, was raped on May 13 and she has since returned with her aunt to Mumbai where she is undergoing treatment at a hospital.

The Nigerian, who is residing here on a student visa, was the boyfriend of the woman's aunt. He had allegedly threatened the victim not to inform her aunt about the incident, the SP said.

 

  

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First Published: May 28 2012 | 2:05 PM IST

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