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Pune: After webcam saga, city gets another taste of sex and sleaze
Building contractor arrested as woman files complaint alleging
blackmail by using film, rape
January 20, 2005
Pune - Close on the heels of a landlord installing web cameras in his paying
guests’ rooms, on Tuesday Puneites got another taste of sex and sleaze in the
city when police arrested a civil contractor for allegedly raping a woman. The
arrest of 38-year-old Dinesh Dattatreya Bapat was made following a complaint by
a 32-year-old woman, who alleged that he had been raping her for two years.
Bapat has been remanded to police custody till January 22.
The woman, a resident of Gajanan Society on Ganeshkhind Road and who runs a
beauty parlour at her residence, lodged a complaint with the Deccan Gymkhana
police station late on Monday night. According to the First Information Report
(FIR), Kothrud-based Bapat and the lady knew each other from their college days
and their friendship grew after they came in contact again, when Bapat got a
contract for constructing a school building in Erandwane area.
The lady used to come to the school to drop her daughter and also used to meet
Bapat. In her complaint, the lady said that in 2003 Bapat took her to a hotel
on Sinhagad Road, mixed sedatives in her cold drink, raped her and filmed the
entire incident. She said using the film, Bapat blackmailed her to have sex
with him.
Assistant public prosecutor Balasaheb Khopade requested the court to book Bapat
under the Information Technology Act, which was rejected by the court. He also
said a handycam had been found at Bapat’s apartment, but they had not yet found
the tape.
Khopade also said police had to investigate to find out whether Bapat had been
assisted by any person in recording the film.
Defence counsel Nandu Phadke argued that the complaint had been lodged as the
woman wanted to extort money from Bapat. He said the complainant had failed to
recall when she was raped for the first time.
Bapat is a commerce graduate with a diploma in civil engineering, while the
woman said in her FIR that she was estranged from her husband as he was an
alcoholic.
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