Pehowa resident booked for rape

Zirakpur, October 18

The police have booked a Pehowa resident, Virender, on the charges of rape, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation. The suspect impregnated, assaulted and later forcibly tried to give abortion pills to her, the victim, a resident of Panchkula, alleged.

On the statement of the victim, the police have registered a case against the suspect under Sections 313, 323, 376 and 506 of the IPC at the Zirakpur police station.

In her complaint to the police, the victim said she met Virender eight years ago. He lured her and raped her at a hotel in Zirakpur. Later, he started harassing her and sexually exploited her several times. When she got pregnant, he beat her and forcibly tried to give her abortion pills. The suspect was still intimidating her.

The police said efforts were on to trace the suspect. — TNS