India News | Man Arrested for Raping Live-in Partner: Police

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 23-year-old man allegedly living with a 21-year-old woman for the last seven years was arrested after he was accused of raping her all these years on the pretext of marrying her one day, police said on Saturday.

Ballia, May 29 (PTI) A 23-year-old man allegedly living with a 21-year-old woman for the last seven years was arrested after he was accused of raping her all these years on the pretext of marrying her one day, police said on Saturday.

Revti police station's SHO Yadvendra Pandey said the woman lodged a complaint against her live-in partner after he refused to marry her even after she became pregnant.

The SHO said the two belonged to different villages in the district and they became in contact with each other while working for a networking company in Ballia.

The two had begun living together in a rented house in Ballia soon after they came in contact with each other, the police said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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