A 20-year-old woman on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Chandigarh Police alleging that a 30-year-old owner of a local private educational institute, not only kept her under illegal confinement but also repeatedly raped her for the last two and half months.
Yashpal Singh, SHO, PS Manimajra said that the complainant, a resident of Kalka has alleged that Chander Pal who is a resident of Pinjore and owner of Public Academy of Capital learning center at Manimajra, raped her in the institute premises in the first week of April while she was working as a receptionist there.
The complainant said after the rape, Chanderpal, also threatened her with dire consequences. However after sometime, when Veena threatened that she would lodge a complaint with the police about the incident, Chanderpal got married to the victim in a temple at Kalka.
The victim, who is two and half months pregnant, further added that Chanderpal kept her in illegal confinement and repeatedly raped and harassed her after their sham wedding. Acting on the complaint, police raided the house of the accused but Chanderpal managed to flee. Police said efforts are on to nab the accused.
The SHO said the victim was taken to hospital where doctors confirmed rape. A case under sections 376,342, 506 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at police station Manimajra against absconding Chanderpal.