Nagpur : Concerned over his future, Ajni police took 15 days to convince a 23-year-old engineering student to marry his girlfriend before charging him with rape. Police said an adamant Abhilash Meshram didn’t budge even after two weeks of counselling sessions and was finally booked on his girlfriend's complaint.

Meshram, a resident of Trisharan Square, is a final-year engineering student. The girl, a BSc nursing student, had filed a complaint on Monday. Meshram is yet to be arrested.

Police said two weeks ago, the girl had submitted a written application against Meshram. She had mentioned that she had a love affair with Meshram for the past four years and even had physical relationship. However, he suddenly refused to marry her due to which she wanted to file the rape complaint against him, her application read.

Police said they tried to explain to Meshram how he could get into trouble once the case was registered. The cops even told him that the case may affect his future. The police even tried to revive the bond, but Meshram did not agree.

As per the girl's complaint, the affair started when they were in Class XI of the same college. In 2012, she claimed the youth took her to his room at Khamla where they had physical closeness for the first time. Since then, it continued till May, 2015.

The girl told police that Meshram had started ignoring him for the past few months. On her repeated pleas, Meshram agreed to meet her on May 5. On the same day, he took her to his room where they again had physical relationship for the last time.

On May 9, the girl said she had gone with Meshram in search of job where a fight broke out between them. Meshram thrashed her and threatened to end their relationship, she said. Since then, the girl tried to call him, but Meshram didn’t respond.

Police said Meshram had promised to marry her but reneged on his promise.

