A 27-year-old girl student was sexually assaulted by a miscreant at Old Subhash Nagar area late in the night on Sunday; a case was registered by Mahila Thana.
Police said that the victim was raped by the accused Rohit Raghuvanshi who held her captive for the whole night and later escaped her after locking her inside her room. The victim managed to rescue with the help of landlord and later lodged complaint with the Mahila Thana.
CSP Jehangirabad Saleem Khan said that the victim works part time with a firm along with her studies of animation and graphic designing and lives in a rented room at Old Subash Nagar. The accused is acquainted with the victim and used to visit her and on Sunday he came and raped her and kept her captive for the whole night. The victim was rescued with the help of landlord and neighbours and informed her parents about the incident and later a complaint was lodged with the Mahila Thana. After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under sections 376 and 506 of the IPC and started further investigation.
The accused works with a private company in Indore. The accused went absconding and search has been started for the absconding accused.
Police suspect that the accused had gone to his village and a team of police personnel would be dispatched to find him. The employees of the company where the accused used to work would be questioned in the investigation.