Rajkot: Married man rapes, impregnates beautician; booked

RAJKOT: A 25-year-old married man, who is father to two children, was booked on Monday for allegedly raping a 21-year-old beautician for over a year with false promise of marriage.
Police booked Deepak Aal, resident of Ashapuranagar on Kothariya Road in Rajkot, after the girl, who is currently eight months pregnant, lodged a complaint with A Division police station late on Monday night.
According to the complaint, the survivor, who is native of Bhavnagar, had come to Rajkot after enrolling for a beautician’s course at a private institute in January 2019. She was living at a private girls hostel during her training to be a beautician.
At the same time she met the accused on Facebook who befriended her and both began chatting online. After about a month, they also met each other and entered into a relationship.
Deepak promised the girl that he would marry her after divorcing his wife. The police complaint stated that Deepak allegedly raped the girl several times between March 2019 and January 2020.
The survivor has alleged that after she got pregnant, Deepak not only stopped meeting her but even stopped taking her calls during the lockdown.
Frustrated with Deepak’s behaviour, the girl reached his house on Monday night and confronted him. But Deepak refused to leave his wife and marry her. This prompted the girl to lodged a complaint of rape against Deepak at A Division police station.
Investigating officer C J Joshi said that they have booked Deepak for rape, who, however, has gone missing ever since.