Beaten and blackmailed: Ex-girlfriend alleges rape on 22-year-old Mumbai boy

Mumbai: A 22-year-old man was detained for allegedly assaulting and raping his ex-girlfriend – who left him after he refused to marry her due to their different faiths. Local police have informed that the accused had shot a video of the act and was blackmailing the woman.

Accused – identified as Imtiyaz Chaudhary – threatened the victim to circulate private photographs and videos of the woman and if she failed to turn up to meet him at a hotel in Mira Road. According to Kashmiria police, the two had been dating since 2021.

However, the woman stopped responding to Chaudhary’s calls and messages after he refused to marry her. The police said that Chaudhary allegedly called the woman to a hotel on January 29, and assaulted her physically and sexually.

As per the police, the accused spit in the room and made her lick it to harass her for ending their relationship. He also threatened her not to reveal his acts to anyone and police, else he will post her pictures and videos on social media.

The woman, however, along with a friend and social activist reached Kashimira police station and reported the incident.

Accordingly, the FIR was registered by the police under section 375 (rape), 377 (sodomy), 354-B (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hut by dangerous weapons or means) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

“We have traced the accused and are in the process of arresting him. The statements of the hotel staff have also been recorded,” police said.