An artist draws a painting raising issues of women safety. (Representative image)
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Mumbai: The narrative that Pune is unsafe for women is completely fake, the Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar said amid the alleged rape of a techie in Maharashtra’s cultural capital that ultimately turned out to be bogus complaint.
"A complaint of a serious crime was registered two days back which spawned narratives about the law and order situation in Pune and questioned the safety of women,” Kumar said.
“No one should attempt to malign the city’s image or spread false narratives about its law and order situation,” he said, urging people to cooperate with the Pune police. “Pune is a safe city,” he reiterated.
On Wednesday evening, a 22-year-old woman from the Kondwa area of Pune alleged that she was raped by a courier delivery agent who committed the crime after rendering her unconscious by spraying chemicals. According to her, the suspect asked for a pen to sign the delivery papers and as she turned her back to him, he came inside the house and latched the door and forced himself. The accused also clicked a selfie on the victim's phone in which her back and his partial face are seen. He left a message on her phone, warning her not to inform anyone about the crime as he had taken her pictures and would share them on social media, and also mentioned - “I will come again”.
After the Pune police carried out the investigations, they found that that claim of the woman was bogus.
The probe revealed that neither was there any sign of forced entry nor any spray was used on the victim as extensive forensic examination of the crime scene was done. Moreover, the selfie in question was taken with the consent of both, and it was the victim who edited the photo and typed a threatening message on her phone.
Police obtained a clear image of the man from CCTV cameras installed on the society premises. However, when the picture was shown to the woman, she refused to identify him.
However, police managed to get hold of him, who told police that he had visited the woman's house on Wednesday night with her consent.