SURAT: In two separate cases of rape registered in the city on Wednesday, a 16-year-old girl and a 28-year-old married woman have alleged of being sexually abused on promises of marriage. Total four persons have been booked in the rape complaints.
In the first case, the minor, a student of Class X from
Feedback told the police that she had befriended accused Kalpeshgiri Goswami, a resident of the same area in July 2021. He proposed her marriage and also gifted her a mobile phone. During courtship, he allegedly raped her multiple times in the city and later also at his village Depla in Bhavnagar.
Brother of the accused, Janakgiri along with their cousin Ajay, had helped the minor reach the bus stop and sent her to Depla.
Puna police booked Kalpesh are launched a probe.
In the second case, a 28-year-old married woman, working in a diamond trading firm, was allegedly raped multiple times since 2019 by a resident of Mota Varachha who promised to marry her. The woman told the police that accused
Rahul Jivani developed friendship with her and started visiting her home where she lived with her husband and two children. She even separated from her husband in 2021 .
Later,
Jivani refused to marry her. The woman first approached
Kapodra police station in 2021 and submitted a written application. As police started investigation, she reached a compromise with the him and did not register an FIR. However, when he again went back on his promise, the survivor lodged an FIR at Sarthana police station.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect their privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault) .
Minor, Married Woman File Rape Plaints | Surat News – Times of India
In the first case, the minor, a student of Class X from Feedback told the police that she had befriended accused Kalpeshgiri Goswami, a resident of the same area in July 2021. He proposed her marriage and also gifted her a mobile phone. During courtship, he allegedly raped her multiple times in the city and later also at his village Depla in Bhavnagar.
Brother of the accused, Janakgiri along with their cousin Ajay, had helped the minor reach the bus stop and sent her to Depla.
Puna police booked Kalpesh are launched a probe.
In the second case, a 28-year-old married woman, working in a diamond trading firm, was allegedly raped multiple times since 2019 by a resident of Mota Varachha who promised to marry her. The woman told the police that accused Rahul Jivani developed friendship with her and started visiting her home where she lived with her husband and two children. She even separated from her husband in 2021 .
Later, Jivani refused to marry her. The woman first approached Kapodra police station in 2021 and submitted a written application. As police started investigation, she reached a compromise with the him and did not register an FIR. However, when he again went back on his promise, the survivor lodged an FIR at Sarthana police station.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect their privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
.