Mumbai: Two lawyers, five others booked for rape, extortion – Times of India

MUMBAI: Marine Drive police booked two lawyers and five others on charges of rape, theft, extortion and molestation on a complaint by a 35-year-old female lawyer on July 24. The woman told police the main accused, a lawyer, had raped her, threatened her, saying that he had video of her sex, and would make it viral, police said.
The woman told police that the rape, molestation, assault and theft took place in May and July. “The victim was working with the accused lawyer, and he allegedly sexually harassed her. The woman also alleged that the lawyer had raped her. She stated that the accused had threatened to make a video of her go viral on social media,” said a police officer, adding that a probe was on. No arrest has been made.
“The accused had promised to continue her employment at his office while asking for sexual favours,” added the officer. The woman also alleged that the accused had threatened to throw acid on her face. She told police that the other lawyers outraged her modesty at the main accused’s office at Nariman Point. She alleged that the other accused, including two women staff of the advocate who are named in the FIR, stole Rs10,000 and some of them assaulted her.
The victim stated that the accused lawyer had threatened her, saying that he had her the video and told her to apologise to him. She told police he demanded lakhs of rupees to delete the video. She alleged that she was promised Rs 1.5 lakh monthly as partnership by the main accused and an appointment letter in his legal firm. Police booked the accused under sections 376 (punishment for rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 380 (theft in dwelling house, etc), 385 (putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 500 (punishment for defamation), 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 120B (punishment of criminal conspiracy) of IPC.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)