Pune, December 12: In a shocking case reported from Pune, a woman was raped for one and half year by a WhatsApp friend after he forcibly made videos of her sexual assault and blackmailed her, reported Mirror now. The incident was reported from Pimpri-Chinchwad's Hinjewadi area. After the woman's complaint, police have registered a case against 44-year-old accused identified as Sainath Shetty. Kalyan: Police Refuse to Take Rape Complain, Woman Sends WhatsApp Message to Top Cop, Accused Held.

According to the police, the woman befriended a man via WhatsApp group for the dog lovers, soon started talking on personal chats. Their closeness grew despite both of them not knowing each other personally. Later both of them met in a hotel room, where, the accused raped her and made a video of the act and also threatened her to upload it on the internet if she failed to accept his demands. The blackmail continued for more than one and a half year, Mirror now reported. Google, Facebook, WhatsApp And Microsoft Join Hands With Centre to Stamp out Rape, Child Porn Videos: Supreme Court.

The woman, married and mother of two, was afraid to talk about violence but later approached to the police after she couldn't bear the assault as she was pregnant with rapist's child, she filed a complaint. The accused who is currently on a run also threatened to kill family members of the woman. Meanwhile, police have started a manhunt to nab the accused.

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