Hyderabad: Ghatkesar police have arrested a municipal department employee for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman at a resort on Oct 26 and later pushing her out of his car on the Warangal highway before fleeing. The accused also allegedly cheated the woman of Rs 4.5 lakh on the pretext of securing her a job at the Bhuvanagiri municipal office.
A case was registered against him under Sections 64 (rape) and 318(4) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). She came in contact with the 50-year-old accused, who worked at the Alair municipal office, through an acquaintance, four months ago.
The survivor lives in a residential colony in the Mallapur area and works as a tailor, according to Ghatkesar police. Later that afternoon, the survivor approached Ghatkesar police, who sent her for a medical examination. Her statement was recorded at the Bharosa centre, following which police registered a case against the accused. He was arrested from Bhuvanagirion Tuesday.
Following a complaint by the survivor, police arrested the accused on Tuesday and remanded him to judicial custody.
The survivor, who is separated from her husband, recently managed to pool Rs 4.5 lakh in cash and contacted the accused. On Monday (Oct 26), he called her and asked her to be ready to meet a senior official at the Bhuvanagiri municipal office. He stopped near the resort on NH-163 and pushed her out before fleeing,” said S K Heena, sub-inspector, Ghatkesar.
“He demanded Rs 5 lakh from the victim in return for the favour,” a Ghatkesar police officer said. The accused allegedly claimed to have good contacts in the municipal administration and offered to secure her a job at the Bhuvanagiri municipal office. “At the resort, he threatened to harm the survivor and raped her. After committing the offence, he drove away with her in the car.