Man held in Nagpur for raping woman he befriended on social media

The 23-year-old woman got in touch with the accused in August last year on Instagram, the official said.

Nagpur: Police have arrested a 21-year-old man from Maharashtra’s Nagpur city for allegedly raping a woman under the pretext of marriage after they became friends on a social media platform, an official said on Thursday.

The 23-year-old woman got in touch with the accused in August last year on Instagram, the official said.

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After the duo exchanged their contact numbers, the accused told the woman that he intended to marry her and subsequently lured her to a hotel in Butibori area where he got into a physical relationship with her, he said.

The two were in the relationship for almost a year, the police said.

Later, the accused refused to marry the woman following which she approached the police and lodged a complaint.

The Pachpaoli police arrested the accused from Butibori on Wednesday and booked him under relevant Indian Penal Code sections for rape and other offences, the official said.