Teenager beaten and raped by her “husband”

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly beaten and raped repeatedly by a man whom she had married almost a week ago in a temple, police said today.

The victim has filed a complaint with Police Station Sarai Khwaja in Faridabad accusing one Prashant of beating and raping her.

They had gotten married informally in Kalkaji Temple in Delhion May 19, police said.

The girl, a resident of Ismailpur in Faridabad, has said in the complaint that the accused used to follow her when she used to return from school in class X.

Later, both of them became friends, it said.

Prashant also shifted near her house in a rented room. Few days later, he lured her to his room and raped her, police said.