India, Oct. 28 -- What began as a seemingly casual Instagram chat allegedly ended in the rape of a woman in Delhi by a man who had posed as an Army officer.

A woman doctor was allegedly raped in Delhi by a delivery agent who befriended her by impersonating an Army lieutenant. She approached the police with a rape complaint on October 16 and the accused, identified as Aarav Malik, has been arrested.

According to police, the accused and the woman met on Instagram back in April and continued their conversations on the same platform till September. The accused, Aarav, allegedly posed as an Indian Army lieutenant to befriend the doctor.

On October 16, the woman invited Aarav over to her home in south Delhi's Safdarjung. The accused, a resid...