A woman bank employee was arrested for allegedly framing her IT professional friend in a false rape case and seeking Rs 1 crore in exchange for giving a no-objection certificate (NOC) for bail, a Mumbai Police official said on Thursday, reported the PTI.

The accused conspired to have her ex-partner jailed under fabricated charges, the Charkop police station official said.

“Following his imprisonment for over a month, she reportedly approached his sister in the court premises demanding Rs 1 crore in return for providing an NOC needed for securing bail. The accused also emailed the HR department of the firm in which the man was working. It resulted in his termination from the firm,” the official said, according to the PTI.

The victim submitted multiple complaints to the police but no action was taken, after which he approached the Borivali magistrate`s court.

“Following court orders, we booked the accused and two others. Further investigation is underway,” the official added, the news agency reported.

Pune doctor booked for framing brother-in-law in false rape case

Meanwhile, in an another incident, last month, a renowned doctor from Pune had allegedly orchestrated a false rape case against his brother-in-law as his estranged wife had lodged a domestic violence complaint against him and her brother was supporting her. The Samta Nagar and Pune police were on the verge of arresting the doctor’s brother-in-law when inconsistencies in the statement of the ‘victim’ raised suspicions and led to the unmasking of the mastermind, the doctor.

According to the police sources, on July 8, an 18-year-old woman approached the Samta Nagar police station accompanied by a woman social activist and a man. She claimed she had been raped multiple times, once in Kandivli and twice in Pune by a 25-year-old man, allegedly the brother of the doctor’s wife.

According to her statement, the accused raped her during a New Year’s party in January 2024 in Kandivli when she was a minor. She also claimed that, later, he promised her a catering job and took her to Pune, where he raped her again and clicked obscene photos. About a month and a half ago, he allegedly took her to a bungalow in Pune with a friend, and both men took turns raping her and filming the act.

Taking the allegations seriously, Samta Nagar police registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections dealing with rape and gang rape, along with sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and deployed multiple teams to investigate the matter. 

According to the police, the investigation revealed that the entire story was scripted by the doctor, whose wife had earlier filed a domestic violence case against him. “Her brother had been supporting her through the legal process, which angered the doctor. In a bid for revenge, the doctor manipulated a woman from Beed district and, luring her with money, got her to file a false rape case against his brother-in-law,” a police officer said.

(with PTI inputs)

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