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AGARTALA : A 32-year-old doctor was arrested for allegedly raping a women on false pretexts at Teliamura in Tripura's Khowai district. The Tripura police detained the accused on Thursday on charges of rape under pretext of marriage.
The accused has been identified as Dr. Surajit Das, posted in a government hospital in Teliamura. The women who lodged the complaint is working as a nurse in another hospital in Agartala. As per sources, the nurse filed the complaint in East Agartala police station stating that she was physically assaulted by the doctor when she refused to continue physical relation with him.
As per the reports, the doctor and the nurse were in a love relationship since past six to eight months and the victim visited the doctor in Teliamura.
On May 2022, the nurse visited the accused again in his room where he put forward the proposal to carry on with the physical relation. The victim refused and asked the accused to marry her. Here, Surajit Das gave her the commitment of soon getting married.
After a span of time, the victim realised that the accused has no intention to marry her and is just playing around. Both of them had an ugly argument on this regard, resulting in physical assault.
The victim registered the case in East Agartala Women police station initially, but was later handed over to the Teliamura police station.
Subrata Chakraborty, OC of Teliamura police station stated that, according tp the information was passed by the East Agartala Women police station,the victim said that she was physically assaulted by the accused who made fake promises of marriage. The doctor was arrested under charges of rape, cheating and criminal intimidation.
The case was registered under IPC sections 376, 417, 325 and 506. The police further mentions that, after a proper investigation it came to light that the charges put against the doctor are true.
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