A couple was booked by the Cuffe Parade police for allegedly raping a 40-year-old woman and extorting money from her.
According to Hindustan Times, the complainant alleged that she was raped by the accused after they spiked her soft drink with a drug. The woman further added that the wife of the accused filmed the sexual assault and later used the video to extort Rs 1.80 lakh from her. The victim owns a vada pav stall in south Mumbai and had met the accused Ranjeet Chaudhary in 2016. Chaudhary assured the victim that he will help her to purchase wholesale amounts of onions and potatoes at a cheaper rate.
One day the accused took the victim from Karnak Bunder to Byculla vegetable market in his car. On the way, he spiked her soft drink. “The unconscious victim was taken to a lodge and raped by Chaudhary. While the accused was assaulting the woman, his wife Parmila shot a video of the rape on her mobile phone and later started threatening the victim with it,” a police officer told the leading daily.
From 2016 to 2018, the accused and his wife allegedly extorted almost Rs 1.80 lakh from the victim. The couple demanded more money but the victim stopped paying them, after which the accused sent the video clip to the victim’s husband. After receiving the video clip, victim along with her husband approached Cuffe Parade police station and filed a complaint. Acting on the complaint, the Cuffe Parade police registered a case under sections 328, 376, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 66 (E) of the Information Technology Act. The Cuffe Parade police have transferred the case to Pydhonie police station as the incident took place in its jurisdiction. No arrest has been made so far as Pydhonie police are still investigating the matter.
