65-Yr-Old Man Blackmails, Rapes Neighbour For 26 Yrs In Mumbai; Arrested

Mumbai: A 65-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping and blackmailing his former neighbour for 26 years in Mumbai. The accused threatened to show photos and videos of the first time he raped the woman to her sons, assaulted her repeatedly and extorted ₹5-6 lakh from her.

According to a report in the Times of India, the man had repeatedly targeted the woman for the first time by threatening to send objectionable pictures and videos of the rape of her two sons.

NM Joshi Marg Police has arrested a person going to Pune for rape, extortion, outraging the modesty of a woman and now under the Information Technology Act.

The woman, a resident of Mumbai Central Chawl, said in her complaint that around 1996-97 when she was alone at home one day, the accused, who was also a good friend of her husband, came to her house and raped her. She told the police that since the accused was wealthy and influential, she was afraid to file a complaint. Though she informed her sister about the abuse, she was asked to move out of the area with her family. The victim woman moved to Thane with her family. In 2002, her husband died of TB.

In 2011, she met the accused in a market in Kandivali. He allegedly asked for her address and mobile number and when she refused to give them, he threatened to tell her children about the rape. The happy woman was forced to give her details, after which the torture started again.

“He began calling her regularly to various lodges in Dombivli, Thane and Vasai and would sexually assault her. When she refused to give in, he would show her photos and videos of the earlier assault and threaten to send them to her family. Besides, he started demanding money from her. In the last 4-5 years, the accused has blackmailed and extorted around Rs 5-6 lakh from the woman. Tired of the harassment, the victim left her Kandivli house and began living in a Worli chawl,” an officer said.

In February 2021, the man called her and told them that her son is getting married and wanted Rs 2.5 lakh. When she refused to pay the money, he blackmailed her again with videos, forcing her to mortgage her jewellery and pay.

In June this year, he called her and asked to meet at Dadar station where he told her that he was not interested in her as she had grown old, so she must send her son’s new wife to him instead. Unable to take the harassment any longer, the woman approached the police.

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