The Karan Oberoi rape case recently took a turn for the worse when the complainant was attacked on the early morning of May 25. The woman was out for her regular morning walk when two assailants on a motorbike, slashed her shoulder with a sharp object and also threw a note at her with wrote ‘TAKE THE CASE BACK’. She was taken to the police and later to a hospital where she was discharged after a medical examination. Karan Oberoi Rape Case: Major Relief for Actor, Court Doubts Complainant’s Rape and Blackmail Story

A friend of the complainant, Shadaab Patel told Mumbai Mirror, “She has been depressed ever since she filed the case against Karan and a doctor had advised her to be physically active, so she had started walking near the joggers’ park.”

The report in the tabloid, also detailed the attack. At around 6:30 am, the woman was walking near Oberoi Sky Heights, 3rd Cross Road, Andheri West, when the two assailants attacked her with a sharp object, injuring her shoulder and throwing the threatening note at her. As per the Mirror report, the woman also saw the men carrying a bottle of liquid which she thinks was acid, in a bid to intimidate her to take the case against Karan Oberoi back. TV Actor Karan Oberoi Arrested for Allegedly Raping, Blackmailing Woman With Sex Tape; Booked by Mumbai Police – Deets Inside

A complaint has been filed by the 34-year-old woman at the Oshiwara police and the case has been registered under Sections 334, 503 and 34 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means, criminal intimidation, and common intention) of the IPC. They are studying CCTV footage to identify the accused. The police told the daily that the investigation is still on and that they are scrubbing through CCTV footage to identify the attackers.

For those who came in late, the 34-year-old woman registered a case of rape and extortion against actor and singer Karan Oberoi. In her complaint she alleged the actor of spiking her drink, raping her and recording a video of the act, that she claimed the actor used to extort her.

Karan was arrested on May 5 and has already been denied bail once. However, the Dindoshi sessions court in a recent hearing, announced that it found it ‘difficult to believe the initial story of rape’.

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