India, March 4 -- A car purchased by a rape accused was attached and auctioned by police for Rs.11.3 lakh to compensate the amount that he allegedly extorted from the victim, Gurugram police said on Tuesday.

Investigators said Section 107 (attachment, forfeiture or restoration of property suspected to be proceeds of crime) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was invoked in the case for the first time in the country to compensate a victim.

Police said the 34-year-old victim, working at a multinational firm, had alleged that the man, from Rajasthan's Jaipur, had raped her last year on the pretext marriage and shared her compromising photographs with his friends.

He also took Rs.24 lakh and gold jewellery from her, claiming he ne...