FUKUOKA -- A police captain here has been arrested for attempting to rape a woman he met during an investigation.

Fukuoka Prefectural Police on Friday arrested Takashi Nitta, 48, captain at the prefectural police, on charges of attempted rape. Nitta has denied the allegations.

According to police, Nitta asked a Fukuoka woman, who'd cooperated in an investigation, out for dinner on Feb. 26. After the two had dined at a bar in Fukuoka's Chuo-ku, Nitta invited her to a karaoke bar; and at around 10:25 p.m. the same day, Nitta allegedly took her to a hotel in Chuo-ku, shoved her to the bed and forced a kiss on her.

The case surfaced after the woman complained to the prefectural police on March 12. However, Nitta denies the charges, saying, "It is totally incorrect. It's true that we went to a hotel, but I didn't ask her to go."

"It is very shameful for us police officers, and it's extremely regrettable. We deeply apologize to the victim and to prefectural citizens," Kenichi Fujiwara, chief inspector at the prefectural police, said.

Nitta was transferred to the police affairs department after his arrest.

Recently, another senior policeman at Fukuoka Prefectural Police was accused of trespassing and subsequently resigned.

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