PUNE: A man was arrested on Wednesday night on the charge of kidnapping and raping the daughter (20) of a policeman in a lodge at Nevasa in Ahmednagar district between December 21 and 22. His accomplices were booked on the charge of abetting the crime.
DCP (Zone IV) Pankaj Deshmukh said, “Investigations revealed that the suspect was married, and the woman was not in talking terms with him. The suspect will be in police custody till December 28. We have fanned a police team for arresting his two accomplices on the run.”
Inspector (crime) Prakash Pasalkar from the Chandannagar police said on Thursday, “The man and the woman are known to each other for six years. On December 21, he proposed the woman while she was going to a jewellery store at Vadgaonsheri. He threatened to consume poison while forcing her to sit in the car when she rejected his proposal.”
He said, “The suspect forced the woman to smell a chemical substance, after which she became partially unconscious. He then called his two friends. He took their help in gagging her with a scarf and tying her hands and legs, and then asked them to alight from the vehicle at Wagholi and Lonikand.”
Pasalkar said, “The man then drove the woman to Nevasa in Ahmednagar and allegedly raped her in a lodge and later dropped her at her residence. The woman later visited the police station and registered an FIR.”
The woman stated in her complaint that the suspect had taken her to a theatre on old Mundhwa road before calling his friends. Giving description of the aides of the suspect, she said one of them was short and the other was tall. They were in the age group of 22 to 28 years, she added.