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- Police arrested Rameshwar Maharaj in Latur after he allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl.
- The accused claimed the victim needed specific rituals to remove a flaw in her horoscope.
- The sexual assault resulted in the girl's pregnancy.
- Charges include violations of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, and the state's Anti-Superstition Act.
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AK Kale
Sub Inspector
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“Under the pretext of so-called corrective measures, he raped the girl at her residence, due to which she got pregnant. He also told her not to mention it to anyone or else the affliction in the horoscope would return. The crime took place in June this year”
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…Rameshwar Maharaj, a resident of Thakre Chowk here, convinced the girl she had a problem in her 'kundali' (horoscope), which required certain rituals for correction, the Vivekanand Chowk police station official said. " Under the pretext of so-called corrective measures, he raped the girl at her residence, due to which she got pregnant. He also told her not to mention it to anyone or else the affliction in the horoscope would return. The crime took place in June this year ," he said. A case was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the state's Anti-Superstition Act, Sub Inspector AK Kale told PTI. Rameshwar was arrested…
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