Kundapur: Youth arrested for ditching girl friend after raping her, promising marriage

Kundapur: Youth arrested for ditching girl friend after raping her, promising marriage

Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, Dec 19, 2013 : Kundapur police have arrested a youth who raped a  17 year old girl thrice after promising to marry her and later ditched her fearing reprimand from his family. The arrested identified as Chethan (22), a resident of Moodugopadi  has been produced before the court on December 18, Wednesday.

It is learnt, Chethan   had an affair with the young woman hailing from Vakvady since the past two years and had made merry with her at several places including Manipal End Point and Kollur.

Sources said he had even raped her after promising to marry her. But, when his family came to know of the affair they managed to convince him through  a third party that the girl’s conduct was not good and had sent him to Bangalore after getting a promise from him that he would forget her.

Meanwhile, the girl who was dejected fell ill and was admitted to a hospital in Koteshwar where medical examination revealed that she was raped.   A complaint was lodged with the Kundapur police and  the accused was arrested.

He has now been remanded to judicial custody for 15 days.