NAGPUR: Cops from Sakkardara police station on Tuesday were flummoxed by a 17-year-old girl who concocted a fake story of three unidentified persons raping her after forcibly whisking her away in an autorickshaw. Only after night long wild goose chase did the cops, including deputy commissioner of police Chandra Kishor Mina, realize that the girl was faking her plight to escape mother's wrath.

The gang-rape story turned out to be a saga of a romantic affair that came to fore after the complainant spilled the beans under sustained questioning. Sakkardara police were a relieved lot after learning Savita (name changed) was not victimized by any gang. They did however register an offence of rape against her lover Atish Thakre for having a physical relationship with the girl at his place at Dighori naka. Sakkardara police, after registering the offence, transferred it to Nandanvan police as Dighori naka fell in their jurisdiction.

Savita, undergoing training for X-ray technician, landed up at Sakkardara police station along with her mother and uncle on Tuesday. Sources from police station stated her father had left the family sometime back. The family was shocked to find Savita in a disheveled condition late in the evening after searching for her in the vicinity. She had left for her institution but did not return on time. After meeting anxious family members, Savita narrated the fake story to them. The stunned family members immediately decided to approach cops who too swung into action.

It is learnt Savita initially took the cops to Tiranga chowk claiming she was abducted from there while heading towards a boutique. She changed her version soon to state the spot was Sakkardara chowk. She again changed the spot taking the cops to a place near a temple adjoining a garden in Sakkardara. The cops, including senior PI Maheshwar Singh of Sakkardara, at each place were told by local residents and traders they had spotted nothing of the sort at the rush hour.

Though cops doubted her story, they persisted as Savita's medical examination at Mayo hospital revealed she had experienced intercourse but there were no apparent injuries. The mystery was resolved when the cops summoned a cousin of Savita who had accompanied the her till Sakkardara chowk on the day she claimed to have been kidnapped. Savita then told the cops she had gone to her paramour Thakre's place where they had had sex.

