Surat: Police booked a 30-year-old man in Katargam police station on Tuesday for allegedly raping wife of a stockbroker multiple times since 2019.
The accused Dakshesh Mistry, was a friend of the 28-year-old woman before she got married. The woman and Mistry came in touch again a few years after her marriage. Police said that Mistry allegedly raped the woman after making her unconscious. He had also clicked her pictures and recorded her video, using which, he had started blackmailing her.
Police have launched a search for Mistry who is currently on the run. He was booked for rape and under Information Technology Act.
The woman alleged in her complaint that she knew Mistry before marriage as he was her brother’s friend. She used to meet Mistry often.
Meanwhile, the woman got married in 2014 and gave birth to two daughters. She met Mistry accidentally at a restaurant in 2019. They exchanged contact numbers and the woman asked Mistry’s help to get a driving license. In September 2019 the accused asked the woman to come to the regional transport office (RTO) with her documents. From there the accused took her to a hotel in Dumas, the complainant alleged.
At the hotel, the woman alleged, that Mistry spiked her drink. After she fell unconscious the accused raped her. The accused blackmailed her using her photos and videos and raped her number of times, said police.