Woman alleges confinement, rape in a basement for two months

  • | Wednesday | 18th April, 2018

It was only after this that she apparently made a plan to force Rajat into submission and concocted the confinement and rape charges. When things began flaring up, Jaidev tried to mediate and even explained to her that she was already married and Rajat could not marry her. Meerut: A 23-year-old woman has levelled serious allegations against two persons for forcefully confining her in a basement of a Civil Lines house here and raping her for two months.According to police sources, the woman had managed to escape on March 29. She is ready to withdraw her complaint if her demand is fulfilled.” Rajat has been arrested and sent to jail while Jaidev is absconding.However, police officers said investigations had indicated the case was suspicious.DK Tyagi, station in-charge, Civil Lines police station said, “Our investigation has revealed that the woman was already married to another person and was in a live-in relationship with Rajat Kumar for the past two years and was now putting pressure on him to get married to her.

Meerut: A 23-year-old woman has levelled serious allegations against two persons for forcefully confining her in a basement of a Civil Lines house here and raping her for two months.According to police sources, the woman had managed to escape on March 29. However, “continuous threats” prevented her from approaching police initially.In the FIR lodged on Tuesday evening, the woman has alleged that Rajat Kumar, 28, who she had met through a common friend had proposed marriage to her and on the pretext of showing her his house brought her and confined her in the basement where she was "repeatedly raped" by him, while his uncle Jaidev Kumar threatened to kill her if she did not submit.Interestingly, the woman in her statement further says that even after managing to flee, Rajat once again convinced her about marriage and even took her jewellery from her.Police have filed an FIR and booked Rajat and his uncle under IPC sections 376 (rape) and 342 (wrongful confinement). Rajat has been arrested and sent to jail while Jaidev is absconding.However, police officers said investigations had indicated the case was suspicious.DK Tyagi, station in-charge, Civil Lines police station said, “Our investigation has revealed that the woman was already married to another person and was in a live-in relationship with Rajat Kumar for the past two years and was now putting pressure on him to get married to her. When things began flaring up, Jaidev tried to mediate and even explained to her that she was already married and Rajat could not marry her. It was only after this that she apparently made a plan to force Rajat into submission and concocted the confinement and rape charges. She is ready to withdraw her complaint if her demand is fulfilled.”

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