New Delhi: This man pretended to help a 75-year-old woman to get her widow pension but ended up raping and robbing her. According to the woman, he was probably 30 years old!
According to police, the man, Hasmukh Devipujak, took the senior citizen to a deserted place where he raped her and then fled away with her ornaments. The Botad police used technical surveillance of the man’s mobile phone number and within 24 hours arrested him, India Today reported,
“The victim was approached by the accused on Wednesday afternoon. He took her phone number and assured her to help her in filling the widow pension form. He promised that he would call her again,” Police Inspector J.V. Chaudhary was quoted as saying.
“An hour later the accused picked up Ramilaben (name changed) from her residence and took her behind the Botad Collector office which is a deserted spot. First, he snatched her ornaments and then raped her.”
He threatened the victim with dire consequences if she tried to complain and gave her Rs 100 to return home She told the police that she had never met the accused before and did not know him by name. She also could not recollect the bike registration number or its colour and said that his age could be around 30, the police said. All that the police could find was the phone number from which he had called the victim.
The police department put the number under surveillance and within 24 hours on Thursday late evening arrested Devipujak on Friday morning, the report added.
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