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PUNE: Offering a lift to an unknown woman on Wednesday night proved costly for a 53-year-old zilla parishad engineer. Inspector of the Bund Garden police station Sunil Zavare said the police have intensified patrolling, especially at night. “She pretended as if she was in a hurry and requested the complainant to drop her nearby,” he said.The engineer gave her a lift. The woman not only alleged that he had raped her but also demanded money from him by threatening to strip on the road.To get himself out of the bad situation, the terrified engineer gave the woman Rs 14,000 and went home. “After riding for some distance, the woman told the complainant to stop..