In a shocking incident, a 47-year-old moneylender in Maharashtra’s Pune allegedly raped a woman after her husband failed to repay the loan taken from him. The accused has been arrested, an official from Hadapsar police station said. The incident which came to light recently, took place in February this year in Hadapsar when the accused, Imtiaz H. Shaikh, had reportedly given a friendly (interest-free) loan of Rs 40,000 to the victim’s husband, reported IANS. However, the couple was unable to return the loan amount after which Shaikh started abusing and threatening them.


In February, he called them to an isolated spot in the Hadapsar government colony and again demanded the outstanding money from them. They however had no money to repay.


Since the victim’s husband could not repay the loan, Shaikh allegedly whipped out a knife, threatened to kill the husband, then raped the woman right there, and also made a video clip of the incident on his mobile phone.


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Following this incident, the accused repeatedly demanded sexual favours from the woman, however she refused. He posted the video clip on social media sites when she refused. When the victim learnt about the video gone viral, she approached the Hadapsar Police Station and registered a complaint on Tuesday, said Police Inspector Ravindra Shelake.


"We tracked down the accused and arrested him yesterday… He was produced before the court which has given him a two-day remand till tomorrow (Thursday) and further investigations are on,” Shelake told IANS.


As per the PTI report, a case has been registered against the accused under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act.


Police are also trying to ascertain if the accused had trapped any other victims and exploited them in a similar manner, even as the incident sent shockwaves in the city.