A Rajasthan police constable, Bhagaram, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 27-year-old pregnant woman in a Jaipur hotel while her three-year-old son was in the room. He had enticed her by claiming to take her statement about her husband’s dispute, threatening her with her husband’s imprisonment if she resisted.
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