This Article is From Feb 05, 2011

Girl accuses Army Major of rape

Jaipur: A fashion designing student in the city has accused an Army Major of drugging and raping her, police said on Saturday.

The girl alleged in an FIR lodged on Thursday, that the accused, Umesh Swami, invited her to a city hotel on the pretext of discussing their marriage proposal and then drugged and raped her.

The alleged incident took place in November last year after which Swami got married with another girl, the police said.

"The family member of the girl claimed that the Major's family had approached them with a wedding proposal and after initial discussions, both the families agreed to the wedding.

"After the families' verbal commitment, the Major called the girl to a hotel where he alleged drugged and raped her. After the incident, he went back on duty and later got married with another girl," Surendra Singh, in-charge of Kardhani police station said.

"We have recorded the statements of the girl and her family members. Now we are verifying the Major's unit to carry out further course of investigation," he said.
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