A woman has alleged that she was raped several times by a tutor of her children at Shimla, the police said on Thursday. In her complaint to the police, the woman alleged that the accused had made a video of her, secretly, when she was taking a bath at her home. Later, he blackmailed and sexually assaulted her, threatening he would upload the video on social media, they said.
A case under section 376, 323, 354 and 452 of IPC has been registered against the accused and a manhunt launched to nab him, ASP Praveen Kumar said. In another incident, a woman was allegedly raped in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, the police said.
The woman in her complaint to the police has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a panchayat secretary when she had gone to a nearby forest for collecting fuel wood, they said. A case under section 376 of IPC has been registered, the police said.