A 20-year-old youth was detained in Vadodara for allegedly raping a lady of the identical age who was allegedly in a relationship with him.
According to the FIR lodged on the Fatehganj police station, the lady stated that the accused “emotionally blackmailed and tortured her”, forcing her to interrupt ties with a number of individuals. Police stated the accused was earlier arrested in December 2019 for stalking the identical lady.
In the FIR lodged at Fatehganj police station, the sufferer has alleged that she had a friendship with the accused in some unspecified time in the future in 2019, after which he began stalking her.
“She was 18 years outdated then. She was booked beneath Section 354(d) of the Indian Penal Code and launched on bail in December 2019. During the Covid-19 lockdown final 12 months, each by social media The lady claimed that the accused touched her inappropriately regardless of her resistance, citing their relationship. Later, she says, he took her to a flat in Tandlaja and on the promise of marriage Forced himself on him,” stated RS Baria, inspector, Fatehganj police station.
According to Baria, the lady stated within the FIR that the accused had been assaulting her over petty points and likewise put a situation that she ought to convert to faith and cease carrying western garments to marry her.
The accused has been booked beneath sections 354 of the Indian Penal Code for outraging modesty of a lady, 376 for rape, 504 for intentional insult to outrage public peace and 506 for felony intimidation. Police will formally arrest the accused after the Kovid take a look at.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
