LUCKNOW, Jan. 16 -- Police arrested a doctor interning at the King George's Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow on Thursday on the charges of raping and blackmailing a nursing student on the pretext of marriage, the police said.

The police arrested the accused near Red Cross Hospital in Qaiserbagh at around 2.45 pm, said inspector Anjani Mishra, station house officer, Qaiserbagh.

An FIR was registered against the accused, Mohammad Adil, 26, at the Qaiserbagh police station on December 29, 2025, on the complaint of the nursing student, according to the police. The survivor is also in her 20s.

The FIR was lodged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means), 308 (extortion) and 319 (ch...