Kolkata: A youth was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a woman whom he had asked to accompany him to a friend’s birthday party. Instead of going to a party, he and his friend took her somewhere else, spiked her drink and allegedly raped her.
The two had been dating for the past three months after meeting online.
After the woman lodged a complaint at the Kasba police station, the youth, Fazal Hossein, was arrested from his Beniapukur home.He was on Sunday remanded in police custody till May 17. Cops are looking for his friend.
Opposing Hossein’s bail, govt counsel Subhashis Bhattacharya said in court that the woman had first came across the accused on social media on Jan 25. They became friends and started dating and going out together.
It was alleged that Hossein, after a few dates, asked the woman to meet him as he said would take her to a friend’s birthday party at Tagore Park in Kasba.
“The woman has complained that she was not taken to any birthday party, but somewhere else. Accompanied by his friend, Hossein gave her a spiked drink and after she fell unconscious, the two allegedly took turns to rape her. We are looking for the other accused. Hossein is in police custody and we are questioning him,” said a police officer.