Ballia (UP), A police constable was booked on Friday for allegedly raping a 24-year-old woman on the pretext of marriage in Ballia district. The officers provided this information.

Deepak Shah is a resident of Revati town of Ballia and is posted as a constable in Varanasi.

In her police complaint, the woman alleged that Shah raped her several times since 2018 on the pretext of marriage, but is now refusing to marry her.

A case was registered against Shah under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code.