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A self-styled godman has been arrested here for allegedly raping a woman from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib on the pretext of marrying her, police said on Friday.
The victim (29), in her complaint, has alleged that Vrindavan resident Govind Vallabh Shastri had raped her on August 9, 2011, when she was a minor, Superintendent of Police (City) Martand Prakash Singh.
The victim, who was 17 years old at the time of the incident, said when she opposed him, Shastri promised to marry her and make her a kathavachak (spiritual storyteller), police said.
In 2016, Shastri called the woman to Vrindavan on December 8 and kept her in a separate house and again raped her, they said.
In-charge of Vrindavan police station Inspector Vijay Kumar Singh said an FIR was registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
He was arrested on Thursday and sent to jail, he said.