A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a man on the pretext of marriage over a period of two years, while a minor girl was allegedly raped by a neighbour at Kahnai village in Gurugram, the police said on Thursday.
In the first incident, the victim, a native of Delhi.
In her police complaint, she said that in August 2019, She met Hari Prakash Pathak - the accused – a resident of Om Nagar in Gurugram at Huda City Centre Metro Station in Gurugram. From there the duo went for a movie and later on around 1.30 pm the accused took her to a hotel located nearby at Rajiv Chowk and raped her against her wishes for the first time.
The woman also alleged in her complaint that after this incident the accused raped her on several occasions on pretext of marriage and she got pregnant.
“The woman informed about her pregnancy to the accused who stated to the woman that at this stage he don’t need child so he had provided a pills to the woman which resulting the woman suffer miscarriage. Thereafter the accused and his family members threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed the matter to anyone," the woman told the police.
The victim further alleged that the culprit was raping her for two years on the pretext of getting married. She also alleged that the man promised her on several occasions that he would soon marry her but later refused to do so.
“In connection with the incident a zero FIR was filed in Delhi police station they forward the matter to the Gurugram’s Women police station (east) for further investigation. No arrest has been made so far,” Subhash Boken, spokesperson of the Gurugram police said.
In the second incident a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour identified as Arjun during the night of February 8. The next morning the victim told her ordeal to her family that the accused was harassing her for the past 8-9 months.
“In August 2020, Arjun raped my daughter when she was alone at our house and she got pregnant. He also threatened her with dire consequences if she disclosed the matter to anyone,” the victim’s mother told the police.
A case under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been registered at the Women police station (east) in Gurugram.