Dehradun: Dehradun Police on Sunday booked a serving Army Colonel on rape charges after a zero FIR against him was registered by a woman in South Avenue police station in New Delhi.

In her complaint, the woman claimed that the colonel took her to a hotel in Rajpur area of Dehradun, offered her wine and sexually exploited her on the pretext of marriage.

“On basis of the zero FIR, we have registered a case under section 376 (rape). An investigation has been launched in the matter,” said Ashok Rathore, in-charge of Rajpur police station.

According to police officials, the incident allegedly took place in February this year. Both the accused and the complainant are residents of Delhi.

