22-year-old Gurgaon woman alleges rape by Facebook friend
A 22-year-old boutique owner was raped repeatedly for two months by a gym instructor whom she had befriended on Facebook on the pretext of marriage. The man later broke away from the woman claiming she was from a different caste.
A 22-year-old woman in Gurgaon has alleged that a 27-year-old man raped her for two months after befriending her on a social networking site and promising marriage, police said on Friday.
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The woman, who is a resident of Rewari and runs a boutique in Gurgaon from last few years, told the police that he broke up claiming that she belonged to a different caste. She filed a police complaint against Amit Sharma, a resident of Sector 23. He is yet to be arrested.
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“The accused is absconding and we are conducting raids to arrest him. We have taken out the CDR report of the accused and, based on technical investigation, we will arrest him soon,” inspector Bijender Singh Hooda, SHO Civil Lines, said.
The woman received a friend’s request on Facebook from Sharma around seven months ago. After accepting his request, the woman started chatting regularly with Sharma and met him after a while.
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Sharma promised to marry her and helped her move her into a rented accommodation in Patel Nagar two months ago. He took the woman to various locations during their relationship and raped her.
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Sharma promised to marry her and helped her move her into a rented accommodation in Patel Nagar two months ago. He took the woman to various locations during their relationship and raped her.
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However, a few days ago, Sharma told her that he is not interested in continuing their relationship and refused to marry her as she belonged to a different caste. He also stopped taking her calls after January 17.
The woman does not know where Sharma lives.
Police said a team was sent to a gym in Sector 14, where Sharma is employed as a gym instructor, but he did not turn up for work.
Leena Dhankhar is Senior Editor and Bureau Chief, Gurugram, at Hindustan Times, where she has spent over 17 years chronicling the transformation of one of India's fastest-growing urban regions. From starting her career as a crime reporter to leading the Gurugram bureau, her journalism has been defined by investigative reporting, in-depth storytelling and an unwavering focus on public interest.
Over nearly two decades, she has reported extensively across crime, politics, civic governance, elections, real estate, environment, courts, sports, education and entertainment, covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh and Palwal. Her reporting has exposed several major scams and systemic failures, including insurance frauds, waste management irregularities, illegal arms manufacturing units in Nuh, illegal mining in the Aravallis, organised crime networks and governance lapses affecting millions of residents.
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Beyond hard news, Leena has extensively documented Haryana's rich heritage, forests and wildlife, bringing attention to the state's historical landmarks, biodiversity, conservation efforts and ecological challenges through immersive reportage and feature writing.
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Leena is the author of Gurugram School Murder, published by Juggernaut Books, a deeply reported account of one of India's most high-profile school murder investigations. She is currently working on her second book, an investigative work exploring some of India's most significant scams and fraud investigations.
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A law graduate with an MBA in Human Resources, Leena brings a multidisciplinary perspective to her reporting, particularly on governance, public policy and legal affairs. She has travelled extensively across India to pursue investigative assignments, often reporting from remote locations and conflict-prone areas in search of stories that matter.
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