Man booked for raping, impregnating Ludhiana resident

Ludhiana, August 13

The Ludhiana police yesterday registered a case against a man on the charges of raping and impregnating a woman. Besides, the role of three more persons in the case is under scanner. He was identified as Chetan Baweja of Sector 32, Chandigarh road.

The complainant, a city resident, told the police that she got married in 2019, due to a dispute with her husband, she approached social worker Chetan Baweja for reaching a compromise. In 2020, she got divorce from her husband.

Later, Baweja called her to his office where he raped her after offering her cold drink laced with sedatives. Initially, he had claimed that he was unmarried and on the pretext of marrying her, he continued to develop physical relations with her. After she got pregnant, when the victim asked Baweja for marriage, he said he was already married and rejected her proposal.

She alleged that later, she got married with another person, Ashish, in 2022 and she had told him that she was pregnant. However, Ashish also left her after four months of marriage. Chetan and his friends had also got her admitted to a hospital for abortion but she managed to escape. In February 2023, she gave birth to a baby boy and the treatment expenses were borne by Baweja.

“Baweja had been giving me money for upbringing our son but in March 2024, he stopped giving me money and started threatening me. In August this year, I lodged a complaint, following which a case was registered against him and three others on Monday,” the victim said.

Meanwhile, Baweja stated that rape allegations levelled against him were false. The complainant, along with some other persons, got registered a fake case against him. — TNS