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Pune police Thursday booked a Solapur resident for allegedly raping a woman, who is a film actor and model, after promising to marry her.
An FIR in the matter was lodged at the the police station concerned on Thursday against the accused under sections 376 (2) (n), 377, 323, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Indian Arms Act.
As stated in the FIR, the accused, who was married, came in contact with the complainant over Facebook in August 2023.
The FIR mentions that the accused allegedly assured to divorce wife and marry the complainant and then developed a sexual relationship with her.
But later he allegedly stopped receiving her phone calls.
When the complainant questioned him, the accused allegedly threatened her at gunpoint. Police have launched a probe into this case.