India, Dec. 30 -- Police in Gurugram have reopened a one and a half year old rape case involving a minor girl and booked a lawyer and her husband for allegedly falsely implicating the child's father to extort money from him, officials said.

Investigators said the case dates back to May 19, 2024, when a woman alleged in a complaint that her husband had sexually assaulted their nine-year-old daughter. Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at the Women's police station (west) under section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) and 10 (aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

Hitesh Yadav, deputy commissioner of police (So...