Indore: A civic official has been arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping a 20-year-old student preparing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city, police said on Monday. .

An MIG police station official said the 30-year-old accused, the chief municipal officer of a town in Shahdol, was arrested from the district on Sunday.

He said the accused officer and the victim knew each other and she has alleged that he repeatedly raped her since 2022.

The victim, who was preparing for NEET in Indore, lodged a police complaint on March 23, following which a case was registered under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the official said.