23-yr-old woman raped by friend's husband in Uttar Pradesh

A 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her friend's husband in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, police said on Saturday.

The man had introduced himself as her friend's brother-in-law and proposed to marry her, Station House Officer (SHO) D K Tyagi said.

According to the woman, her friend had also lied about her relationship with the man, he said.

She has lodged a complaint against the couple, who are at large, the officer said, adding that a case was registered at the Civil Line police station on Saturday. 

The complainant also said that she was raped at the couple's house in Delhi, the SHO said.

Tyagi said according to the woman, when she asked him to marry her, the man refused saying that he was already married.
The matter is being investigated and a search has been launched to nab the accused, he said. 

Earlier in a separate incident on Sunday, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar for several months by a youth, who has been arrested, police said.

The youth had raped the girl on several occasions since January and threatened to upload videos of the incidents on the internet if she reported the matter, Circle Officer (CO) Rajive Kumar Singh.

He was arrested on Saturday after he uploaded a clip on a social media site, he said.