Ludhiana, Aug. 5 -- A 22-year-old Delhi woman, who recently returned from Canada, has accused a Ludhiana-based astrologer of attempting to rape her in a hotel room where he had gone to perform a "remedy" for her brother.

The accused has been identified as Rohit Sood of New Deep Nagar, Civil Lines. The police have registered a case against him under Sections 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75 (sexual harassment), 127 (wrongful confinement), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The woman stated in her complaint that she came to Ludhiana with her mother and younger brother and stayed in a hotel in the...