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Arjuna award-winning Indian hockey player Varun Kumar has been booked under the POCSO act by the Bengaluru police after he was accused of raping a minor.
In her police complaint, the 22-year-old said that she came in contact with Varun Kumar in 2018 through Instagram. Kumar later promised marriage to the victim and raped her multiple times when she was 17 years old.
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According to the victim, Kumar was training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) center in Bengaluru when she met him. “Based on the complaint received from the woman, on Monday we have registered a case against the hockey player under the relevant section of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act and sections 376 (rape) and 420 (cheating and indecent enticement). delivery of goods). ) of the Indian Penal Code,” PTI quoted a senior Bengaluru police officer as saying on Tuesday.
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Earlier, it was speculated that Varun was on the run, but Hockey India rejected the rumour. “He is not absconding. He is in Bhubaneswar with the team,” a Hockey India source told PTI.
Who is Varun, the hockey player booked under the POCSO law?
Varun Kumar was on the Indian waitlist for the Tokyo Olympics. Currently, he is training with the national team in Bhubaneswar for the upcoming FIH Pro League. The Indian team will face Spain in the opening match on February 10.
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Kumar hails from Himachal Pradesh and made his debut for India in 2017. He was on India’s waitlist for the Tokyo Olympics and is currently training with the national team in Bhubaneswar for the upcoming FIH Pro League. Varun Kumar received the Arjuna award in 2021 and was recently promoted to DSP in Punjab.
In the FIR, the victim alleged that Varun insisted on meeting her after they got in touch on social media. The two became friends and eventually entered into a relationship. The woman also said that Kumar took her to a hotel in Bengaluru’s Jayanagar in July 2019 and had physical relations with her. She resisted her decision, but agreed after he promised to take her relationship a step further and marry her, the woman said.
“She accused him of having physical contact with her on several occasions during the five-year relationship she shared with him on the pretext of marriage,” PTI quoted the FIR as saying.
After some time, Varun Kumar started distancing himself from her and stopped responding to her calls and messages after his father’s death last year.
A few months later, Kumar began threatening the woman that he would upload her photos to social media if she continued to pressure him to stay in the relationship.
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