An offence has been registered against a local Shiv Sena leader in Maharashtra`s Pune for allegedly raping a 24-year-old woman and forcing her to undergo an abortion, police said.

Based on a complaint lodged by the woman, a case under section 376 (rape) and 313 (causing miscarriage without woman`s consent) of the IPC has been registered against Raghunath Kuchik, the general secretary of the Shiv Sena`s labour wing Bhartiya Kamgar Sena, an official from Shivaji Nagar police station said. "Kuchik had befriended the woman on a social media platform.