Ludhiana, May 5

A city-based man staying in Canada raped and duped a local woman on the pretext of taking her abroad and solemnising marriage with her.

The accused has been identified as Sukhraj Mallan, a native of New Deol Nagar, at present staying in Canada.

Complainant Navjit Kaur of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar told the police that her first marriage was solemnised in 2002 but due to some differences with her husband, she divorced him in 2012.

The woman alleged that in 2017, she came in contact with Sukhraj through Facebook and developed friendship with him.

“Since we fell in love with each other, we also organised a ring ceremony in 2018 and after that the accused assured me that he will soon marry me and after the wedding, he will take me to Canada,” the victim alleged.

She said on the pretext of marrying her, the accused also developed a sexual relationship with her. A few months later, he went to Canada after promising her that he would also take her there. He also took Rs 80,000 from her on the pretext of paying for some documents required for the Canadian visa.

Now, he is staying in Canada and has refused to come to India to marry her.

ASI Dharminder Singh said a case of rape and fraud had been registered against the accused and further probe was on in the case. —TNS