The accused is Husband’s Driver!
Gurgaon: On Thursday, The police here have booked a man for allegedly raping a 52-year-old woman repeatedly for more than a year, officials said.
According to the complaint filed by the woman, the accused used to work for her husband as a driver and also help in household chores, they added.
On December 10, 2019, when she was alone at home, the driver entered her room and brutally molested her, the complainant alleged.
When she resisted, the accused allegedly threatened to kill her husband and raped her, she added. After the death threat, the accused allegedly raped her repeatedly for more than a year and threatened to kill her husband when she tried to stop him, the police said, quoting the complainant.
"I remained silent for a long time, but now I finally decided to approach the police," the woman said in her complaint.
An FIR was registered in this connection against the driver under IPC sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) at the women police station in Sector 51 on Wednesday, police officials said.
A senior police officer said they were verifying the facts, and action would be taken as per the law.
India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 - an average 86 daily - while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country.
The number of rape cases in 2020 was 28,046, while it was 32,033 in 2019, the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) 'Crime in India 2021' report showed.
State wise, Rajasthan (6,337) was on top of the list followed by Madhya Pradesh (2,947), Maharashtra (2,496) and UP (2,845), while Delhi recorded 1,250 rape cases in 2021, data showed.
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