In a statement from Asifabad DSP P. Sadaiah, it was announced that a sixteen-year-old boy from the town was presented before the juvenile justice board in Asifabad, which has placed him in a juvenile home. The boy faces charges under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, the POCSO Act, and relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhitha (BNS) on the charges of raping the girl by blackmailing her using her intimate photographs on August 23
