COIMBATORE: Three days ago, the Saravanampatti police went into a tizzy as they received information that a woman was ‘raped’ by two men in a women’s hostel room in the area. The woman said she did not prefer making a complaint as it would shame her family and also threatened suicide if a complaint was filed.

But investigations have revealed that she had staged the drama as she was in love with a man since the age of 14 . But her parents were against it. To put an end to her parents’ attempt to get her married to someone else, she claimed that she had been raped.

“After we received information, we conducted investigations at the hostel and later tracked the 22-year-old woman in Erode,” said police officials. The woman was working in a private company in the city for the past one year.

Initial investigation at the hostel revealed that she was found unconscious in her hostel room and was tied up in a chair at 11am, on July 28. Her parents reached the hostel and took her home in the afternoon. The police officials reached Erode and interrogated her. When she began describing the incident, we had our doubts and on further investigation, she said she did not remember anything,” said a police official.

Later, when they explained to her about the gravity of the situation, she confessed to them that she had staged the entire episode and told them about her lover. “Since it was an inter-caste marriage, her parents disapproved. As they had insisted that they would get her married to a person of their choice by year end, she staged this drama,” said police officials.

After she confessed, the police traced the 22-year-old man and interrogated him as well. “We have issued a stern warning to the woman as well as to her family that legal action would be taken against them if they resort to doing something similar in future,” said police officials.