Mumbai: Police have registered a First Info Report (FIR) in opposition to Bollywood singer-composer Rahul Jain for allegedly raping a 30-year-old lady costume stylist at his flat in Mumbai, an official mentioned on Monday. The singer has denied the allegations saying they’re “fake and baseless”.
In her assertion recorded on the Oshiwara police station, the complainant mentioned Jain contacted her on Instagram and praised her work. He requested her to go to his flat positioned in a excessive rise in suburban Andheri assuring that she will probably be appointed as his private costume stylist, a police official mentioned quoting the FIR.
The girl visited Jain at his flat on August 11. He requested her to accompany her to his bed room below the pretext of exhibiting her his belongings and raped her, the official mentioned.
Based on police, the lady works as a contract costume stylist.
The girl said that Jain assaulted her when she resisted him. He additionally tried to destroy proof.
Police registered the FIR below sections 376 (Punishment for rape), 323 (Punishment for voluntary inflicting damage) and 506 (Punishment for prison intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code in opposition to Jain, the official mentioned.
No arrest has been made thus far.
When contacted, Jain mentioned, “I do not know this lady. The allegations raised by her are pretend and baseless. Earlier additionally a girl had made comparable allegations in opposition to me however I bought justice. This lady could also be an affiliate of that lady”.
Notably, a Bollywood lyricist cum author had lodged an FIR in opposition to Rahul Jain for rape, forcible abortions, abandonment of kid and dishonest final October.
