Man booked for raping doctor, later refusing to marry because of her lower caste: Cops
According to the victim, the accused had contacted her on social media and later became friends with her.
Police said no arrests have been made in the case yet but the Junagadh police have been contacted on the matter.
Police have booked a middle-aged man from Junagadh for allegedly raping a 38-year-old medical officer from Gandhinagar on the pretext of marriage and later refusing to marry allegedly because of her caste.
According to police, an FIR was lodged at a Gandhinagar police station Sunday against the accused under Section 376 for rape and sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
According to the victim, the accused had contacted her on social media and later became friends with her.
“When I asked him to marry me in January, he stopped receiving my calls. On Saturday, he called me and said that since he belongs to an upper caste and I belong to a lower caste, he cannot marry me,” she further said.
Police said no arrests have been made in the case yet but the Junagadh police have been contacted on the matter.
