Woman accuses man of rape, police on lookout

The police is on the lookout for a person accused of raping a woman, whom he had befriended on social media, an official said today.
The woman lodged a complaint with Beniapukur police station alleging that the man, whom she became friends with on a social media network a few months ago, had raped her.
She alleged that the accused had identified himself as a senior officer of a private firm and offered her a job. She said that she was called for an interview at an hotel in the eastern part of the city yesterday, and was raped by him inside a room there.

"We have acquired the photocopy of the identity card used by the person to book the room. We are also checking the CCTV footage," an officer of the police station said.
The woman has been sent for a medical test, he added.