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Unmarried mom charges lover of rape TNN, Aug 20, 2010, 04.52am IST AHMEDABAD: A 23-year-old dalit woman has charged her lover with rape after he dumped her when her baby was born. The police has decided to do a paternity test on the baby. Poonam (name changed) had lodged a complaint with the women's police station and the SC/ST cell which was later transferred to the Vejalpur police station. A resident of Vejalpur she told the police she was tricked into a relationship by the youth who promised to get her a job abroad and to marry her. But after she got pregnant and had his baby, he rejected her. Poonam was working with a private telecom operator's call centre on SG Highway. She claimed she occasionally go out for tea with a colleague called Hafiz. During one such trip, she was introduced to Muzaffar Nawaz Husain, a resident of Kalupur. Husain claimed to contacts in the industry and could help her get a better job. They kept in touch and got close. He told her he was in Dubai for five years and had a girlfriend who had ditched him and he had vowed never to get into a relationship. "He claimed that she had forced him to change his opinion about women", said a police officer. Last year, Husain called her to a guest house near Lal Darwaja and forced her to have sex. When she protested, he said he would commit suicide and also kill her parents so that she was left alone. He tried again, this time calling her to a flat in Vejalpur and she fell for the bait. She realised she was pregnant when she was in the fifth month. She started skipping jobs and important functions. In April, she gave birth to a child in a private hospital against the wishes of her family. She was hopeful that Husain would marry her. "However, when she broke the news to him, he cut all ties with her claiming he was not the father of the child. Her parents met Husain's family but even they called it a cheap stunt to force their son into marriage," said the officer. "We are in a process of determining the father of the child and are treating the case as rape. Soon, the accused's statement will be registered," said a senior Vejalpur police station official.
