MATHURA: A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Vrindavan after promising to get her a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, and for allegedly filming the act on his mobile phone to use as leverage, police said on Tuesday (November 10).
SHO Ashwini Kumar, Vrindavan city said the woman had applied for a house under the PMAY scheme. She started receiving multiple calls later saying that her application has been approved and that she should complete the paperwork for it. Police identified the accused as Anil Kumar.
On October 30, she was shown a vacant plot by the accused. She was told that the house has been approved and would be given to her for free of cost. On November 5, he called her to a guest house in Vrindavan on the pretext of signing documents, police said. There, he allegedly gave her a drink laced with an intoxicating substance, raped her and filmed the entire act.
Police said he threatened to make the recording public if she told anyone. On her complaint, he was arrested on Tuesday under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
(With inputs from media reports)