Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Koh-e-fiza police station staff have registered a case against a man on charges of raping a woman in Lalghati area of the city, the police said on Saturday.
The police added that efforts were underway to nab the accused.
Koh-e-fiza police station TI Vijay Singh Sisodia told Free Press that the survivor was a 34-year-old woman. The survivor approached police on Friday, alleging that she had moved out of her house on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday to go to the bathroom situated near her house. It was then two of her acquaintances - Akash and Suraj - approached her.
Akash took her to a deserted location and allegedly outraged her modesty. Following the incident, the survivor approached Koh-e-Fiza police on Friday and lodged a complaint against the alleged accused Akash.
The police have registered a complaint and have begun probing the matter. Accused Akash is on the run. Police have launched a manhunt to apprehend him, SHO Sisodia said.
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