A 25-year-old youth was booked by woman police for sexually assaulting a 30-year-old divorced woman on Thursday in the State capital.
According to the Station House Officer of Woman Police Station Renu Murab, the victim got divorced from her husband and started living with her parents at Bagh Dilkhusa area during which she came into contact with the Imran who used to work as a welder. They soon became friends after which the two developed physical relationship.
The accused promises the victim of marriage and sexually exploited her for the past six months. Whenever the victim used to ask the accused for marriage, he would provide an excuse every time which frustrated the victim and finally denied of marrying her.
He threatened her of life and told her not to report the relationship to police and
family. Dejected by the behaviour of the accused, she decided to lodge a complaint against Imran and registered a complaint with the Woman Police on Thursday.
In her complaint, the victim has alleged that the accused has abused her about her caste several time. On the receipt of the information the police after the preliminary investigation have registered a case under Section 341,376,506 of the IPC and Section 3(1)(12) of SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.
The accused went missing after he came to know about the complaint and is still at large. Police have launched a manhunt to nab the miscreant.