Nagpur:

A 25-year-old woman on Monday filed a rape complaint at Nandanvan police station against her former friend who offered help after separation from her husband around a year-end-half ago. She claimed to have been exploited on the promise of marriage.

Police said Sunita (name changed) had befriended accused Manoj Atkari, a married man with a daughter, after her divorce.

Atkari had found Sunita loitering at Dighori. After befriending each other, Atkari helped Sunita rent a room at Narsala in April 2014 as she had nowhere to go. The police said over a period of time, Atkari and Sunita grew closer and started staying together. Atkari worked at a private biscuit company.

Police said that differences cropped up between Atkari and Sunita when she asked him to marry her. But, the accused kept deferring the topic. When he refused to marry her, Sunita approached the police stating Atkari had exploited her repeatedly with a false marriage proposal.

An offence against Atkari has been registered at Nandanvan police station.