20-yr-old held for ‘raping’ lady on marriage promise

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 filed at Fatehgunj police station, the lady mentioned that the accused “emotionally blackmailed and tortured her”, forcing her to interrupt ties with a number of individuals. The accused was earlier arrested in December 2019 for stalking the identical lady, police mentioned.
In an FIR lodged at Fatehgunj police station, the sufferer has alleged that she befriended the accused someday in 2019, after which he started stalking her.
“She was 18 years old then. He was booked under Section 354 (D) of The Indian Penal Code and released on bail in December 2019. Sometime during the Covid-19 lockdown last year, the two reconnected via social media. The woman claimed that the accused touched her inappropriately despite her resistance, citing their relationship. Later, she says, he took her to a flat in Tandalja and forced himself on her, on promise of marriage,” mentioned RS Baria, inspector, Fatehgunj police station.
According to Baria, the lady mentioned within the FIR that the accused has been “assaulting” her over trivial issues and he additionally put forth a situation that she ought to convert faith and quit sporting western garments to marry him.
The accused has been booked below Indian Penal Code sections 354 for outraging the modesty of lady, 376 for rape, 504 for purposely insulting to impress and break the general public peace, and 506 for prison intimidation. The police will formally arrest the accused after Covid check.