News Agencies
| Updated on: 28 July 2017, 17:04 IST
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A 26-year-old woman has alleged that she was raped by a man on the pretext of marriage at a village here after he befriended her on a social media site a year ago, police said on 28 July.
The victim lodged a police complaint on 27 July, following which a case has been registered against the man, they said, adding the woman has been sent for medical examination.
The complainant has said they became friends on a social media site a year ago. She alleged that the accused had promised to marry her, but later refused, the police said.
She has claimed that the man also threatened her, they said.
-PTI