JAIPUR: A youth has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl after promising to make her a YouTube star. The accused has been identified as Nizamuddin alias Raj Khan, a resident of Jodhpur Babra Hall in Rajasthan.

The man took the girl to a flat on January 8 under the pretext of making a video and raped her, said the police. When the victim told that she will confess about the incident to her family, the accused assaulted and threatened her. However, the girl confessed to her family, following which her parents lodged a complaint at the industrial police station.

The man had promised the girl to make her a star through YouTube videos and earn a good income from it. Following the same, he had taken the girl to the flat and raped her. Nizamuddin was arrested on January 28 from Jodhpur, following the complaint.