PUNE: The Wanowrie police on Wednesday night booked a 31-year-old man from Punjab on the charge of raping a 34-year-old woman from Hadapsar and demanding Rs 1 crore .
Senior inspector Deepak Lagad said on Thursday, “The suspect is jobless and got friendly with the homemaker on a social networking site and met her on his visits to Pune. He stole her gold chain, clicked her photos and shot her video after giving her sleeping pills. He blackmailed her to continue the relationship and posted the photos and videos online after it soured.”
DCP (zone V) Namrata Patil said, “The FIR was transferred to Wanowrie police. We hope to arrest the suspect soon.”
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
