INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
prominent international level sportswoman from Maharashtra has accused a Karnataka doctor of raping her for two years, police said.According
to Investigating Officer Dilip Tibile, the complaint was received earlier this week from the 33-year-old sportswoman against a doctor living
in Gulbarga town in north Karnataka."The complainant has said the accused has repeatedly raped for over two years with hopes of marriage and
then renegeding on his promise
The accused is absconding and we are on the lookout," Mr Tibile told IANS.The sportswoman said she came in touch with the doctor through
social media in December 2016 and after sometime, he visited Kolhapur to meet her.Later, he proposed marriage and since he appeared to be
from a respectable background, she agreed to the proposal.Subsequently, till March, he called her on two occasions to Goa and Bengaluru and
sexually assaulted her, as per the complaint, said Mr Tibile.When she reminded him of the marriage proposal, he flatly refused to marry her,
leading to a major argument.Shocked by this, the sportswoman threatened to lodge a police complaint
However he retorted by warning her of dire consequences on social media and even threatened to kill her, according to her complaint.Taking
serious note of the grievances, the Kolhapur Police have formed teams to hunt down the doctor, Mr Tibile said.The Maharashtra Police has
sought the help from its Karnataka counterpart to help trace the accused and bring him to justice.
