The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) spokesperson, Ndileka Cola, confirmed to OFM News that a case of rape against the 38-year-old Constable is being investigated.

She says it is alleged the officer raped the 16-year-old teenage girl in Kanana in an open field after taking her on a drive to Leeudoringstad.

OFM News understands that the alleged incident occurred on Monday night and the matter was reported the next day.

He was arrested that same evening. Cola says the suspect is expected to appear in the Klerksdorp Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

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