LUDHIANA: Police have booked a
Machhiwara resident for raping a woman on the pretext of marriage.
The 20-year-old survivor said in her police complaint, “I met the accused, 25, in April 2016. As our friendship grew, he took me to his house to meet his parents. But when we reached there, his parents were not at home and he raped me at knife-point. He then promised to marry me. Days later, our families met and agreed to our match.”
But on the day of their engagement, the priest called off the ceremony and asked them to get married instead.
“In November 2016, the accused, who was jobless, took me to Mohali, saying I will have to pursue a course to be eligible to travel abroad with him. There, he took a room on rent and again sexually assaulted me,” she added.
A few days later when the accused was not in the room, the survivor picked up his phone. “I was shocked to find my objectionable videos in his phone. When I confronted him, he said he would marry me only if my family bought him an SUV and gave Rs 10 in cash. He threatened to upload my objectionable videos on social media if his demands were not met,” she said.
The woman, a resident of Ludhiana district, then approached the police, who have lodged a case under Section 376 (
rape) of the
Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Machhiwara SHO inspector Surinderpal Singh said a manhunt has been launched to arrest the accused. “The medical examination of the woman will be conducted at civil hospital. She is a graduate and was preparing for IELTS,” the cop added.
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