Bhojpuri Artist Raped In Gurugram Hotel

India

pti-PTI

A
24-year-old
Bhojpuri
artiste
was
allegedly
raped
by
her
Instagram
friend
at
a
hotel
here
where
she
was
called
on
the
pretext
of
an
interview,
police
said
on
Thursday.
The
woman
in
her
complaint
said
she
is
a
Bhojpuri
artiste
and
currently
lives
in
Delhi,
they
said.

According
to
police,
the
victim
has
a
huge
following
on
Instagram
where
she
regularly
posts
her
videos.
“A
few
days
ago
I
came
in
contact
with
a
person
named
Mahesh
Pandey
through
Instagram,
who
offered
me
work
in
the
Bhojpuri
film
industry.

On
June
29,
he
called
me
to
a
hotel
in
the
Udyog
Vihar
area
in
Gurugram
on
the
pretext
of
an
interview,”
she
said
in
her
complaint,
according
to
police.

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“When
I
reached
the
hotel,
Mahesh
had
already
booked
a
room
where
he
took
me
and
after
asking
some
questions,
he
started
drinking
alcohol.
After
this
when
I
started
leaving,
he
forced
himself
on
me
and
raped
me,”
the
woman
alleged.

She
said
the
accused
threatened
to
kill
her
and
later
had
some
of
his
friends
give
her
phone
calls,
who
threatened
to
post
her
private
videos
online.

Following
the
woman’s
complaint,
an
FIR
was
registered
against
Mahesh
Pandey,
said
to
be
a
resident
of
Chakarpur
area
in
Gurugram,
under
sections
376
(rape),
506
(criminal
intimidation),
and
34
(common
intention)
of
the
IPC
at
Udyog
Vihar
Police
Station
on
Wednesday.
“We
are
verifying
the
allegations.
The
accused
will
be
arrested
soon,”
said
ACP,
Crime,
Varun
Dahiya.