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US: Indian sentenced to jail for emailing rape threat to woman

Karthikeyan Natarajan (27) was sentenced by federal court to 18 months in jail for violating federal law, US Attorney David Hickton said.

FP Archives|Jun 12, 2014, 07:51:26 IST

New York: An Indian citizen in the United States has been sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison for sending a rape threat through an e-mail to a woman.Karthikeyan Natarajan (27) was sentenced by federal court to 18 months in jail for violating federal law, US Attorney David Hickton said.[caption id="attachment_1566773" align="alignleft" width="380"] Representational image. Reuters[/caption]According to information presented to the court, California-based Natarajan willfully sent an e-mail in April last year to a woman, threatening to rape her.United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on Natarajan.PTI

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