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01 Sep 2026
Katargam police have registered a rape and POCSO case against a 22-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Class 12 student from Surat after befriending her through social media and luring her with promises of showing her movies. The accused, identified as Sahil Sheikh Ahmed Sharif Sheikh, a resident of Rander, was arrested within a few hours of the complaint, police said. It is learnt that the girl, who hails from a Marathi family and lives in the Katargam area, came in contact with Sheikh through social media around a year ago. Police allege that he gained her trust by speaking to her regularly and subsequently took her to different places on the pretext of showing her movies.
