Accused Posed as Cop…
New Delhi: Last week, a 20-year-old college student was raped near her home in Delhi last week.
The accused was allegedly pretended to be a policeman and threatened her with an explicit video.
On Thursday, 13 July 2023, the man, Ravi Solanki, was arrested.
Ravi allegedly shot a video of the young woman and her boyfriend in the car on July 7.
He followed the car on his bike and waited as her boyfriend dropped her outside her apartment in Prashant Vihar.
He went inside the apartment building, and finding her on the stairs, claimed to be a policeman.
He allegedly showed her the video and threatened to post it on the Internet. He attacked her on the spot, raped her on the stairs, and fled, according to the police.
The police called it a "blind case" as the woman did not know the attacker.
Evidence including a sketch based on the woman's description, and CCTV footage helped the police track down the accused.
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