A civil servant from the state irrigation department has been accused of raping a woman repeatedly after promising to marry her. The woman registered the case with the Kherwadi police last week, after the accused snubbed her marriage proposal.

According to the police, the accused has been identified as Vivek Dahifale (45), joint secretary (administration) of the state irrigation department. The 41-year-old told the police that Dahifale had been promising to marry her for the past two years and raped her repeatedly. Dahifale’s younger brother, Uddhav Dahifale, is also a civil servant, attached to the state finance department.