Hyderabad: Medico arrested on charges of rape

Hyderabad: A 29-year-old medico from Mahabubnagar district was arrested by the Vanasthalipuram police on Friday on charges of raping and cheating a woman, who is his distant relative. The woman, 23, a resident of Srinivasapuram colony in Vanasthalipuram is an MBA second-year student. She was in a relationship with the accused, M. Teja, a medico from Bhoothpur village in Mahabubnagar district for the last six years.

“The woman complained that Teja had promised to marry her and developed physical intimacy with her. When she asked for marriage, he has been postponing the matter and recently told her that they are cousins and cannot marry,” police saidThe woman felt betrayed and lodged a complaint.