KOLKATA: A 48-year-old YouTuber from Bengal with nearly 4.3 million followers and his teenage son have been arrested in North 24 Parganas district’s Haroa on Sunday for allegedly raping a 15-year- previous woman after luring her with the promise of that includes her in comedy and dance reels. The survivor’s father is a cop connected to Kolkata Police. Basirhat sub-divisional courtroom remanded Arabindu Mondal in police custody for 5 days and despatched his son to a juvenile offenders’ house. Investigators mentioned father and son approached the Class 9 pupil a number of months in the past with a suggestion to make shorts along with her. The woman went with them to varied places for shoots, and the 2 allegedly filmed and photographed her secretly when she was altering. “The duo used this to blackmail her into silence after repeated sexual assault. Arabindu’s son even put vermillion on the a part of her hair to counsel he would marry her, then raped her,” a police officer mentioned. Sources mentioned the woman’s household, who knew and trusted Arabindu, had no inkling of what she was being subjected to till she confided in them. The suspects have been arrested instantly after Haroa police station registered an FIR below the Pocso Act on Sunday and recorded the survivor’s assertion. Investigators seized telephones, cameras and different gadgets from Arabindu, who runs two YouTube channels —one for movies and shorts of him performing skits, and one other the place he dances to Hindi and Bengali songs.