Police have filed a case against a 30-year-old IPS officer in Nagpur in Maharashtra for allegedly raping a woman doctor under the pretext of marriage, officials said on Sunday.

The officials said that the 28 year old file a complaint at the Imamwada Police Station in Nagpur on Friday. According the the victim, she and the man started talking on the social media platform Instagram in November 2022.

The accused at that time was preparing for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams, while the woman was pursuing MBBS course, the police said.

The police said that there interactions gradually shifted from online chats to phone calls. As their friendship evolved, the accused allegedly promised to marry the woman and then got into a physical relationship with her.

The police further stated that as the accused got selected for the Indian Police Service (IPS), he started distancing himself from the woman and refused to marry her.

According to the police, the woman was distressed after receiving zero response from the man`s family, which led her to file a complaint at the Imamwada Police Station.

The police informed that, based on her complaint, a case of rape has been registered against the IPS officer on Saturday, and a further investigation is currently underway.