Man rapes schoolgirl repeatedly over 6 months, extorts ₹50,000 by blackmailing her| India Information

A 23-year-old man was arrested by the Vartak Nagar Police on Sunday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old schoolgirl a number of occasions over six months and extorting ₹50,000 from her by blackmail.

The accused, recognized as Prathamesh Desai, a resident of Lokmanya Nagar in Thane, labored as a supply accomplice for an area courier firm. Police mentioned the sufferer and the accused lived in the identical neighbourhood and have been beforehand acquainted.

In response to investigators, between September 2025 and February 2026, Desai allegedly took the minor to remoted areas on a number of events and sexually assaulted her. Exploiting her worry and the truth that she got here from an prosperous household, he then started blackmailing her. He repeatedly threatened to disclose particulars of their “relationship” to her mother and father until she paid him cash.

Senior inspector Pravin Mane of Vartak Nagar Police Station acknowledged, “The accused molested the minor whereas concurrently extorting funds by threatening to reveal their affiliation to her household. Initially, the woman organized funds by taking cash from her mother and father and borrowing from associates to fulfill his escalating calls for.” The ordeal continued till the sufferer, overwhelmed by the continuing bodily and psychological abuse and mounting monetary stress, confided in her mother and father.