Bengaluru, Nov 5 A man was arrested for allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman from Jaipur after befriending her at a pub here, police said on Thursday.
The accused, Sameer M V (31), is a second-hand car dealer, they said. The incident allegedly occurred on October 28, police said.
According to police, the woman, who had come to Bengaluru from Jaipur on vacation, visited a pub in Koramangala, where she asked Sameer for a lighter to light her cigarette.
He allegedly used the opportunity to strike a conversation with her, and later they shared mobile phone numbers, a senior police officer said.
Sameer subsequently invited her to a hotel room in Madiwala, where they consumed alcohol, and he allegedly sexually assaulted her despite her resistance, he said.
The woman managed to escape from the room and filed a complaint at the Madiwala Police, following which a case was registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said.
The accused was arrested and sent to judicial custody, they added.
(PTI News)
