Delhi man arrested for raping makeup artist he met online

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.