In her complaint on Friday night, the woman said the incident occurred at her residence in Mundhwa on January 1. The Mundhwa police said that the alleged boyfriend (name withheld) is also in the same age group.
Assistant commissioner of police Vitthal Pawar (Wanowrie division) on Saturday told TOI that the victim had arrived in Pune around one-and-a-half years ago for higher studies. She got friendly with the suspect when she first came to the city.
Pawar said, that on January 1, on the pretext of visiting her, the man entered the woman's residence and allegedly raped her around 1.30 am. The victim filed the complaint after the man refused to marry her, Pawar said, and added that she had given the man's name, photograph and telephone number to the police so that further action can be taken.
The woman, who speaks broken Hindi, does not know the residential address of the man. She has alleged that the man was under the influence of alcohol when the incident took place. The police have booked the suspect under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.
Asked about the delay in lodging the complaint, a police official, requesting anonymity, said the woman had tried to negotiate with the man, but he had refused to comply.
The official said the police had initially planned an inquiry into the incident as they suspected it to be a case of consensual sex, in view of a Supreme Court ruling. After holding a series of discussions with senior police officials, however, the complaint was registered, as the victim is a foreign national and any delay on the part of the police could prove detrimental.
The police have given information about the incident to the foreigner registration branch and the embassy of the country of her origin.
Senior police inspector Devidas Patil of the Mundhwa police station refused to divulge information about the incident on the grounds that investigations are in progress
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