Mashya Pradesh Shocker: Fake soldier befriends woman on Facebook, rapes her after breakup

The accused posed as an Indian Army soldier on Facebook. He raped the woman multiple times after she broke up with him.

Bhopal: A horrific and shocking incident has come to light from Madhya Pradesh, where a man posed as an Indian Army soldier and raped a woman after befriending her on Facebook. The incident took place in the Satna district, where the suspect, Kapilesh Sharma, posed as an army jawan on his Facebook account in 2023. He befriended the victim, and after chatting on the social media platform, both entered into a relationship.

Break Up Led To Crime

When the victim found that Kapilesh was not a soldier and worked as a cook at a private hostel she broke up with him. The accused then raped the woman multiple times by blackmailing her with her private photos and videos.

Complaint Filed And The Arrest

After enduring the incident, the woman gathered the courage to file a complaint against Sharma. Her accusations leveraged several aspects of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), prominently Section 376, dealing explicitly with rape. Promptly, a thorough probe began into this alarming incident. Consequently, the individual under suspicion, was detained by the police in Nagpur, Maharashtra on October 18.

Similar Case

In a similar incident, a 28-year-old man was taken into custody by the Delhi Police on strong suspicions of sexually abusing a woman constable. He tricked her by promising to marry her and faked his identity of being an Indian Army officer.
When police arrived for the arrest, the accused along with his kin and an unruly crowd of around 30 people, boldly confined them and attacked them. He was arrested later.

The victim is a constable at the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). She wrote in her complaint that she came into contact with the accused through a matrimonial website. On the matrimony website the accused pretended to be a Major in the Indian Army.