Police arrested him in Himachal Pradesh?
New Delhi: On Tuesday, Police said, a 35-year-old tarot card reader was arrested in Himachal Pradesh for allegedly raping a woman in Delhi last year.
On March 1, they said the woman informed them that Sidhant Joshi allegedly raped her on the fake promise of marriage after she approached him to resolve issues with her friend.
She also claimed that Joshi clicked private photos and videos of her to threaten her, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Rohit Meena said.
The officer said an FIR was filed and a team was formed to nab the accused.
"Based on surveillance of the mobile phone of the accused, the police team started chasing him.
Our team chased him in Uttar Pradesh from Uttarakhand to Punjab and he was finally caught from Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh," the DCP said.
"The accused confessed his crime and said that he exploited the victim multiple times. An FIR under sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC has been registered and further investigation is going on in this matter," he added.
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