Our Correspondent

Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 26

The Sadar police have arrested a disc jockey of Bhurthala Mander village for allegedly raping an orchestra artiste of Ludhiana after calling her to his office on the pretext of ration distribution.

The disc jockey, Mandeep Singh, was booked last night under section 376 and 506 of the IPC on a statement of 38-year-old victim, a divorcee and mother of two.

The victim, a resident of Sanjay Gandhi Colony, Ludhiana, alleged that Mandeep had violated her at his office-cum-residence on the pretext of giving her wheat.

“As we were known to each other, I told him that I had no ration due to prolonged curfew and lockdown. He told me that he was distributing wheat from his office and asked me to get my share. Finding me alone, he raped me and threatened that he would eliminate me and my children if I told anybody about the incident,” the victim told the police.

Sadar SHO Sanjiv Kapoor said the victim had called up the police helpline last night. City SHO Amandeep Kaur had initiated a probe after registering a case against Mandeep.

The police initiated process of conducting his DNA test after arresting him when he was trying to leave the area.