NAGPUR: A 30-year-old from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Delhi has been slapped with charges of rape and threat by Ganeshpeth police on Monday following a complaint from a woman guard of the
Maharashtra Security Force. They were in a relationship for four years. The officer has got anticipatory bail.
Assistant Central Intelligence Officer Amit Kumar Sharma, posted in the immigration wing of the IB at the
Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, befriended the survivor, aged 26 years, through a common friend in April 2016. She had gone to Bokaro in
Jharkhand to appear in a Railways competitive examination. While staying at the apartment of Sharma’s brother for a day, they had become friends.
The survivor, now on medical leave, is currently posted in Delhi. Police said she had lodged a complaint some time back but was having a rethink on making it an offence. Finally, driven by his relentless harassment and threat of making their private photographs in public, the survivor decided to register an offence against Sharma.
Police said the couple had exchanged garlands at a temple in Koradi last year. Sharma had also bought some property in her name. They were to officially marry in May 2018. However, when Sharma began doubting her character, the survivor pulled out. Driven by insecurity, Sharma then began blackmailing her.
According to the cops, Sharma escorted the survivor to Nagpur in 2016. On arrival here, they checked into a hotel on Central Avenue where Sharma is learnt to have forced himself upon her. He accompanied the woman cop when she went to Varanasi to appear for an examination. There too they had a physical relationship.
Police said Sharma also visited Mumbai where the survivor was posted. Later, the survivor sought a posting in Delhi which she was sanctioned. The two started staying together before the relationship turned sour after Sharma started doubting her.
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