Woman arrested for trying to frame man in false rape case

Press Trust of India  |  Muzaffarnagar 

A 26-year-old woman and two of her accomplices were arrested here for falsely implicating a man in a gang case, a said today.

The woman had lodged a complaint on May 7 at the station against one Ravinder Kumar, they said.

During investigation, it was found that the woman had received Rs 40,000 for lodging the complaint, of Police, City, Ombir Singh said.

She along with two others were arrested yesterday for lodging the fake gang case, he said, adding that one of the accused was at large.

The woman had claimed that Kumar along with his friends had raped her on the pretext of giving her a job, the said.

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First Published: Fri, May 11 2018. 13:20 IST