India, March 30 -- A Nuh resident has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman from Punjab, filming a video of the incident and trying to extort money out of her, said police on Sunday. The victim has also accused the man of religious conversion.

Based on a complaint filed by the woman, police registered a first information report (FIR) under sections 69 (sexual assault), 351 (criminal intimidation), and 308 (extortion) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as well as section 12 of the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2022.

They arrested the accused, aged 19, from Nuh on Saturday.

"Following the complaint by the woman, we have arrested the accused and presented him in court for all the alleged c...