Another woman offered lift, raped by 4 in Dharavi
In a major embarrassment for the Maharashtra police, senior IPS officer Sunil Paraskar has been booked for molestation and rape following a complaint by a model.
Paraskar is currently the Deputy Inspector General (Protection of Civil Rights Unit). The complaint, lodged by the model concerned, pertains to the time when he was Additional Commissioner of Police (North Region) in Mumbai.
Confirming the registration of an FIR against Paraskar, the Mumbai police said in a statement: “A lady complainant approached Commissioner of Police and as per her complaint, a case of molestation and rape has been registered against a senior Police officer. Investigation of the said case has been taken up by the Crime Against Women Cell, Crime Branch. The Mumbai Police will take steps to ensure fair investigation of the case.” Paraskar was unavailable for comment.
The model had on Wednesday approached the Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria with her complaint against Paraskar, who till recently served as the Additional Commissioner of Police (North Region) before being transferred as the DIG to the State police headquarters in South Mumbai.
In her complaint, the model said she used to visit Paraskar for some work when he was posted as the Additional Commissioner. She alleged it was during that Paraskar took her to a hotel and raped her on several occasions.
Meanwhile, in a another incident, a 35-year-old woman has alleged that she was gangraped by four men including two she personally knew, in a moving car at Dharavi on Tuesday night.
According to senior inspector AB Pawar of Dharavi Police station, the woman stated in her complaint that around 10.15 pm on Tuesday, she was offered a lift by a man identified as lala and his brother, whom she knew, in a white Innova car. “There were two known men in the car. The victim has said she was raped in the moving car and was later dropped at Bandra,” Pawar said.
The Dharavi police have registered a case under Section 376-D (gangrape) and are investigating the case. No arrests have been made yet.
The victim was sent to Sion hospital for medical examination.
“A preliminary medical examination did not reveal any external injury marks on the body,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Dhananjay Kulkarni said, adding that the Police were awaiting the final medical report and were verifying facts.
The two men named by the woman have been picked up by the police for questioning.