A youth was booked for sexually assaulting a divorced woman of Indra Nagar under Teela Jamalpura police station area on Saturday. Investigating Officer Assistant Inspector of Police RS Thakur told that victim was not having harmonious relationship with her husband and the couple used to fight over petty issues frequently, and annoyed with the relationship the victim applied for divorce few months ago and got divorced in the month of March this year.
Irritated over the frequent fights between the couple, the victim left her in-law’s house and started living with her parents in Indra Nagar during which she became acquainted with the accused Manoj Verma and soon developed physical relationship with him.
On the pretext of marrying her, Verma sexually assaulted her several time in the past few months. Recently, Verma’s parents arranged his marriage and when the victim got the information and inquired about, she found it true and confronted Verma but he was not ready to marry the victim after which the victim lodged a complaint with the Teelajamalpura Police.
The victim had two children from her first marriage and was living with them at her parents’ house. Verma who used to work at a tailor shop fled after the compliant was lodged by the victim and is still at large.
After preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Till the filing of the report the accused was not arrested and the search for the accused has been started.