Police in Maharashtra's Thane have registered a case against an Army jawan posted with the Bombay Engineer Group and Centre located in Pune city for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman constable he had befriended on social media, an official said on Thursday.

The accused was also booked under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act based on a complaint lodged by the woman, he said.