# Delhi man arrested for raping makeup artist he met online 2026-08-17T03:13:04+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A 22-year-old makeup artist was allegedly raped twice by a man she befriended on social media in north Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar. The Times of India reports that police have arrested the accused and sent him to judicial custody. The woman, a resident of Wazirabad, met the accused last year after he introduced himself as a makeup artist. She alleged that in July he invited her to a hotel, served her a cold drink laced with an intoxicating substance, raped her, and later promised to marry her to dissuade her from going to the police. On August 8, the Times reports, he took her to another hotel and sexually assaulted her after threatening to kill her when she resisted. Her condition worsened during the assault, after which the accused allegedly fled. Hotel staff alerted police, who took the woman to a hospital. Her condition is reported to be stable. The case is under investigation. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Delhi Police, Mukherjee Nagar, Wazirabad Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-man-arrested-for-raping-makeup-artist-he-met-online/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-man-arrested-for-raping-makeup-artist-he-met-online/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/