December 14, 2020 10:35:31 am
An army colonel posted here was arrested Sunday for allegedly raping a friend’s wife in a officers’ mess, police said.
The victim’s husband, a civilian, filed an FIR against the Army officer at the Cantonment Police Station, said Police Superintendent (East) Raj Kumar Agarwal.
According to the author, his wife is of Russian descent and has lived in India for ten years.
“The police have launched an investigation and efforts are being made to catch the colonel. His friend has stated in the FIR that the colonel had invited him and his wife to a party on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of colonel from lieutenant colonel on Saturday, “Agarwal said.
The defendant allegedly offered his friend an intoxicating drink to knock him unconscious and raped his wife, it added.
The accused also allegedly attacked the woman when she resisted.
A case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and various police teams have been formed to arrest the accused.
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