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Woman booked for filing false rape complaint in Kondhwa case
Hindustan Times Pune
|July 23, 2025
WITH COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST HER, THE WOMAN IS LIKELY TO BE CALLED FOR QUESTIONING AND POLICE WILL RECORD HER STATEMENT
The Pune city police have booked the 22-year-old IT professional for allegedly lodging a false rape complaint, weeks after her sensational claim of being sexually assaulted by a man posing as a delivery agent triggered a massive investigation.
The action came within a fortnight of Pune Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar declaring that the woman had filed a fake complaint to mislead police.
With complaint lodged against her, the woman is likely to be called for questioning and police will record her statement this week Senior police officers said that a non-cognisable (NC) offence has been registered against the woman after the probe revealed that the incident she reported on July 2 was fabricated.
This story is from the July 23, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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