Aditya Pancholi Rape Case: Actress Claims She Was Drugged, Sexually Asaaulted and Blackmailed by Him in Her Police Statment
A Bollywood actress has accused Aditya Pancholi of rape, assault and blackmailing. Her statement to the police was accessed by a daily and the details of the complaints have been published. The actress has said that Aditya exploited and assaulted her throughout 2004 to 2007.
Mumbai police have registered an FIR against Aditya Pancholi in a rape case after a top Bollywood actress filed the complaint. The actress recorded her statement with the police in the last week of July 2019. Today, mid-day, after gaining access to the statement, published it, revealing details of the alleged crime. The actress has spoken at length about how Aditya allegedly sexually assaulted and exploited her for years. She has also accused Aditya of blackmailing with explicit pictures that were clicked without her consent. “In 2004, I came to Mumbai with the dream of becoming a big actor someday. That year, I met Aditya Pancholi, who was then 38 years old, almost 22 years older than me," the actress said.
The actress alleges that Aditya drugged and raped her in 2004. "I went to a party with him. Sometime after having a drink, I started feeling dizzy. I suspected then that he [Pancholi] had spiked my drink. After the party got over, Pancholi said he will drop me home. So I went with him in his Range Rover car. He stopped it in the middle of Yari road and started getting forcefully physical with me. He also took photographs of, which I wasn't aware of. When we met the next time, he said we now share a relationship like the one between a husband and wife and we will live that way. I told him he was my father's age and I want to marry someone who is as old as me. Then, he showed me all the photographs he'd taken of me inside his car and started blackmailing me. He threatened to show these pictures to others. At the time, I was quite young, I had no one in Mumbai and he took advantage of that” I Am Being Falsely Implicated: Aditya Pancholi Cries Foul.
The actress further details that Aditya continued to sexually assault her after spiking her drinks for the next few years. "Once, I was going to file a complaint against him, but he stopped my autorickshaw and beat me up; I was rescued by a pedestrian who me getting thrashed. At the time, I met and informed senior police officer Bipin Bihari about the incident," she said. mid-day tried to contact the mentioned police officer but received no response. The actress said that Aditya did not spare her even when she moved into her aunt's flat with her in 2004-2005. The horror continued for her even when she moved into her own flat in Versova in 2006-2007.
The actress said that Aditya's wife Zarina Wahab knew about what he was doing to her. “Instead of helping me out she said she does not have any problem with whatever is going on between me and Pancholi; both of us can carry on," she said, adding, "She told me that she felt happy whenever Pancholi was not at home and said there will be peace at home only when he's not around. She also said that he is a big actor and she wouldn't like it if someone defamed him. He has no fear because his wife was helping him with whatever he has done to me. Through a journalist friend, I also got to know that he raped a 14-year-old who used to work at a famous actress's house."
The actress has also said that after she became successful in the industry, Aditya demanded to be paid Rs 1 crore. She has also alleged that the accused assaulted her sister at one occasion.
Currently, Aditya Pancholi has been granted interim relief as per ANI. The actor has been granted a bail by the court for a bond of Rs 30,000. He has been asked to appear before the Versova police every Wednesday and his full co-operation.
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