On the pretext of marrying, a 25-year-old woman was sexually exploited for the past five years. The victim works for a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) in the city. A case was registered on Wednesday at Mahila police station against the offender Vijay Anand Soni, who used to work with the same NGO where the victim works and came into contact in 2008. later, they developed relationship and the victim was sexually exploited by the accused promising her of marriage.
The victim and accused used to live in the same apartment and when she asked her to marry, the accused used to resort to different excuses and later, refused to marry her after which the victim lodged a complaint with the woman police station. After the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC and as the victim belongs to SC/ST sections of SC/ST Prevention of atrocities act were also included. The police have started further investigation.
The accused went missing after the case was registered and is still at large. The victim was threatened for life by the accused when the victim told him that she would lodge a complaint against him. District police in Chhatarpur would be contacted to obtain details of the accused. The case was later transferred to AJK police on Thursday. The accused hails from Chhatarpur district while the victim is a resident of Kolar road area. Till the filing of the report, the accused was not detained by the police for questioning.