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Bengaluru: A YouTuber was arrested by the Magadi police in Bengaluru South district for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl and inappropriately touching her, police said.
The accused has been identified as Ravi Jamuna, a native of Tumakuru, who runs the RJ Digital News YouTube channel.
According to police, the incident occurred around 2 am on January 1, when Jamuna allegedly approached the minor as she was returning home after celebrating New Year's at a relative’s house within the Magadi police station limits. He was in a car with two friends, and the trio had been partying earlier.
Police said the 17-year-old girl was forcibly pulled into the car, which then drove away. Jamuna allegedly touched her inappropriately inside the vehicle. The girl managed to alert her family using a phone belonging to one of Jamuna’s friends, who had got down from the car shortly after she was picked up.
The family later rescued the girl and apprehended Jamuna. Police are probing the role of his two friends and have registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.