Man arrested for raping Iranian woman

Updated on: 17 January,2011 08:01 AM IST |
Salil Urunkar |

The suspect, a mechanical engineer, has been remanded to 2-day police custody; he had promised to marry her

The suspect, a mechanical engineer, has been remanded to 2-day police custody; he had promised to marry her

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Mohit Joshi, a mechanical engineer from Sopanbaug in Hadapsar, has been arrested on charges of raping a 25-year-old Iranian woman.

u00a0Joshi was produced before the magistrate in the Shivajinagar court yesterday by the Mundhwa police and was remanded to police custody till January 18.u00a0u00a0

u00a0The woman, who is pursuing higher education in a Kothrud-based college in the city, had lodged the complaint.
Joshi had allegedly refused to marry her after having had sex with her on January 1 at her residence in Mundhwa.

According to the police, the woman had come to Pune about a year and a half ago for pursuing her higher
education.

She met Joshi, who hails from Nainital, three months prior to the incident.u00a0

The woman in her complaint, has said on January 1 around 1.30 am, the suspect had sex with her at her residence after promising to marry her.

After the incident, the suspect had switched off his mobile phone.

"The woman had submitted the suspect's photograph and his mobile number to the police but she was unaware of his local address. After registration of the complaint, the suspect's mobile phone was kept under surveillance, which helped to trace him," said an officer from the Mundhwa police station.

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