A youth was arrested on the charges of rape, abduction and other charges after he allegedly refused to accept the girl who reportedly underwent abortion of a baby (whose biological father was the accused), a police official said here on Friday.
According to police the accused was identified as Vishnu Prajapati (21) resident of New Shanti Nagar, near Tandon Dairy, Civil lines. The accused had met the 22-year-old victim in the month of January last year near a Gym at Shankar Nagar locality in the city.
Sub Inspector Danish Sahu of Civil lines Police Station informed that Prajapati who is a contractor by profession developed an affair with the victim and promised of marrying her. On this pretext, he sexually exploited the girl several times. After the girl started to create pressure on Prajapati for marrying her, he took her to Mahadev Ghat temple and vowed to marry her, police said.
later, when the victim became pregnant, he asked the girl to abort the child and assured of marrying her after abortion. The duo then reached Shrijan Hospital, Katora Talab and identified themselves as husband-wife and got the abortion performed, SI informed.
However, after the abortion, Prajapati refused to her and allegedly manhandled her. On the complaint of girl police has booked Prajapati under Sections 363, 336, 376, 294,506,323, 319, 493 of Indian Penal Code which reads to Kidnapping, Act endangering life or personal safety of others, rape, using abusive language, criminal intimidation, voluntary causing hurt, causes bodily pain, disease or infirmity and cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage.