PATNA: An 18-year-old
medical aspirant was allegedly raped by her father’s friend at
Rajbanshi Nagar under the Shastri Nagar police station area in
Patna on Tuesday night.
Accused Dinesh Singh was arrested from his house, Mandal Bhawan, on Wednesday morning, Police said the 45-year-old worked as a clerk with A S College at Bikramganj in Rohtas district.
Quoting the FIR, SSP Manu Maharaaj said the girl complained of headache on Tuesday evening after which Dinesh brought lemonade for her. “The drink was perhaps laced with a drug as she fell unconscious after consuming it,” Maharaaj said and added the crime took place after that.
According to the SSP, the girl’s father and Dinesh were old family friends. Originally a resident of western Patna, the girl had shifted to the town area as she aspired to join a coaching institute to prepare for medical entrance test.
“Her father had asked Dinesh to provide accommodation to her temporarily,” the SSP said, adding she was about to shift to a hostel in a couple of days.
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