Bengaluru: A 25-year-old woman, who met a man on train and got close to him, has accused him of raping her on several occasions. The case registered at a police station in Haveri has now been transferred to Cottonpet police station as the incident took place under its jurisdiction.
The accused, Marikumar (26), is a resident of Haveri and a grocery supplier. He met Aarti (name changed) at Karajagi railway station in Haveri. Aarti was living with her husband and two children in Vidyaranyapura and often quarrelled with her husband.
After one such fight, she had left for her relative's house in Haveri and that was when she met Marikumar. Both became friends, started talking to each other over phone and eventually became close. The police said that Aarti eloped with Marikumar, who cheated her with false promise of marrying her. After finding out that he was already married and broke his promise of marrying her, Aarti lodged a complaint, accusing him of rape and cheating.
The complaint stated that on October 4, Marikumar called her and asked her to meet him near the Yeshwantpur railway station. He told her that he had something important to discuss and took her to a lodge in Cottonpet where he allegedly raped her again. A few days after that, he allegedly repeatedly called her and asked her to meet him at one of his relative's house in
Chikkanayakanahalli in Tumakuru district. She stayed in Tumakuru for two days and later went to Haveri to his house where she found out that he was married. Marikumar with his family and relatives attacked her and forced her to leave the place.
The woman registered a complaint at the Haveri police station on October 30.
The Haveri police, who arrested the accused from his house, have now transferred the case to Cottonpet police station.
