Woman sexually violated by Instagram friend in Hyderabad

A 20-year-old woman was allegedly sexually violated by her Instagram friend here at Rajendranagar. The accused confined the woman in a house in Rajendranagar and sexually assaulted her.

According to the police, the victim befriended the man on social networking site Instagram just three days ago before the incident occurred.

The victim, a resident of Santoshnagar, met the man aged around 22 years through Instagram three days ago. "The duo shared their mobile phone numbers and talked over WhatsApp. Later, the two decided to meet each other. On Tuesday, he went to her house and on the pretext of taking her to an ice cream parlour, however, he took her to his friend's house at Suleimannagar in Rajendranagar and raped her," Rajendranagar CI K Kanakaiah said.

The girl who was confined in the house escaped from the accused and sought police help by dialing 100. On receiving the message, the police reached the spot and rescued her. They registered a case and took up an investigation.