Software engineer accuses friend of rape

NOIDA - A software engineer working in a BPO was allegedly raped by a friend in Noida after promising to marry her, police said Saturday. The accused befriended her through a matrimonial website.

The incident came to light Saturday when the 26-year-old woman, originally from Guwahati in Assam, filed a complaint with police. A rape case has been registered.

According to police, the woman, a resident of Sector-22, complained that Shivalik Ghosh, also a software engineer, befriended her on the internet through a matrimonial website and promised to marry her.

Ghosh, a resident of Gurgaon, raped her on several occasions and later refused to marry her. On some occasions, he came to her house and raped her after lacing her drinks with sedative, the victim’s complaint said.