NAVI MUMBAI: An advocate, who has represented quite a few celebrities in court docket, has been arrested by Rabale police for allegedly raping a 29-year-old lady from Airoli.
Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh was arrested from his Santacruz residence on Saturday night. On Sunday, he was produced earlier than Vashi JMFC court docket, which remanded him to police custody for 3 days, mentioned Sanjeev Dhumal, senior inspector of Rabale police station.
In response to the FIR, the complainant, who hails from Kolhapur, acquired married in Could 2018 and was allegedly subjected to harassment by her husband and in-laws. In 2020, she moved to Airoli together with her mom and acquired acquainted with Vijay Chowgule, a Navi Mumbai Shiv Sena functionary, who supplied her “monetary and ethical help”.
The complainant mentioned she was looking on-line for an advocate to symbolize her mom’s divorce case, when she acquired Deshmukh’s contact data.
She claimed that Deshmukh then gathered details about Chowgule from a former corporator and instructed the complainant to file a false rape case in opposition to Chowgule and his son, after which he would extort cash from them.
On the evening of Jan 8, Deshmukh met the complainant in Koparkhairane. He took her in his Mercedes to an remoted highway in Rabale, the place he allegedly sexually assaulted her. Claiming that the sexual act had been captured by his dashcam and threatening to make it viral, he allegedly intimidated her, warning of hurt if she revealed the incident to anybody, the complainant advised police.
On March 24, Deshmukh allegedly coerced her into submitting a false rape case in opposition to Chowgule and his son Mamit at Amboli police station in Mumbai. Thereafter, Deshmukh extorted Rs 2.7 crore from Chowgule on behalf of the complainant to withdraw the rape case, the FIR said.
On March 5, Deshmukh summoned her to his Santacruz residence, the place he confirmed her Rs 1.2 crore as her share from the extorted quantity after which allegedly sexually assaulted her once more, the complainant claimed.
Deshmukh has represented celebrities like Rakhi Sawant within the case in opposition to her former husband Adil Khan Durrani case, Sapna Gill within the cricketer Prithvi Shaw selfie controversy, and a drug peddler within the Cordelia cruise medicine case amongst different high-profile circumstances.
