JAIPUR: A 48-year-old Rajasthan police constable was arrested Sunday for allegedly raping a pregnant woman in a Jaipur hotel while her three-year-old son was present in the room, officials said.
Constable Bhagaram allegedly lured the 27-year-old woman under the pretext of recording her statement regarding her husband’s dispute with a neighbour. Police said he threatened to jail her husband, a labourer, if she resisted.
According to ACP Vinod Kumar Sharma, a forensic team visited the crime scene and the constable has been suspended. “A medical examination of the survivor was conducted and an investigation is ongoing,” he said.
The woman, who was three months pregnant, was home alone with her son Saturday morning when the constable arrived, claiming he needed to take her statement. He asked her to accompany him to the police station but instead took her to a hotel on Shyopur Road in Sanganer area, police said.
At the reception, Bhagaram allegedly introduced himself as a police officer and requested a room, telling the staff the woman was unwell and needed to change clothes. Once inside, he allegedly slapped her, gagged her with a towel, and raped her.