Ashoka Garden police have booked a miscreant for sexually assaulting a 33-year-old woman at a hotel in Raisen; a case was registered on Tuesday.
Police said that the accused and victim became friends over facebook and later the accused sexually assaulted her at a hotel in the city. The victim and accused are residents of Chindwara and came to the city where accused sexually assaulted the victim.
The victim in her complaint stated that she became friend with the accused Ashish Pawar over facebook in the month of December last year and later she accompanied the accused to the city and visited several places with the accused after which the accused took her to Silver Inn palace hotel near Prabhat petrol pump and sexually assaulted her. The accused threatened her of dire consequences and told her to not to report the incident.
The police have registered a case under section 376, 506 of the IPC and Prevention of Atrocities (SC & ST) Act and have started search for the accused.
Based on the details of the accused police have started search for the accused.
The victim lodged a complaint with Kotwali police station in Chindwara was a zero FIR was registered and later case was transferred to Ashoka Garden police.
Meanwhile, Chhola Mandir police have nabbed a kidnapper who abducted a 22-year-old married woman at Shiv Nagar colony on Monday; she was released on Tuesday. Police said that the victim was forcefully kidnapped by Haider Shaikh on Monday and later she managed to escape on Tuesday.
A complaint was lodged with the police by the parents of the victim and based on the complaint accused was nabbed. The accused was sent under judicial custody after he was produced in the court on Wednesday.