Maharashtra: Fasion designer booked on charge of molesting, raping student

Pune: A fashion designer from Nashik was booked on Friday night on the charge of molesting and raping a 28-year-old competitive examination student on pretext of marriage in Pune and Nashik between October 9 and December 2 last year.
Inspector Vikram Goud (crime) said on Saturday, “The student is the daughter of a policeman and had uploaded her profile on a matrimonial website. The suspect expressed interest in her profile and started chatting with her on a social networking site.”
Goud said, “After the duo became friends, the man met the woman on pretext of marriage and allegedly molested her and lured her to have illicit relations with him in Pune and Nashik. The suspect later turned down her proposal and threatened her parents with dire consequences. He also married another woman.”
“We have registered the woman’s FIR relating to molestation and rape under the relevant sections of the IPC,” he added.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)