Rajasthan: Rape survivor kidnaps jeweller, both arrested

JAIPUR: A 35-year-old jeweller, who was kidnapped from Singhana town of Jhunjhunu, was arrested on Friday for allegedly blackmailing and raping a woman who met him one year ago.
Two hours after the jeweller was rescued, police were stunned to know that the four arrested persons included the woman who has been continuously harassed and raped by the accused jeweller.
On Saturday, police have taken the accused in police remand along with the four persons, including two women for his kidnapping and assault.
Police was in tizzy when Sita Devi (32), wife of the jeweller identified as Kamlesh Soni, informed police that some unknown assailants kidnapped her husband.
“We started barricading and checking every vehicle since it was known that the assailants were in a jeep. Finally, after two hours, we managed to rescue the jeweller from the roadside who was injured. After technical surveillance and local inputs, we managed to arrest four persons on Friday and one person on Saturday for the kidnap and assault of the jeweller,” said Sanjay Sharma, station house officer, Singhana police station.
“Soni had taken the mobile number of a woman one year ago while the latter had come as a customer to his shop. He raped the woman and made video of the act. Soni has been blackmailing the woman for more than one year. Thus, in order to teach him a lesson, she planned his kidnap to thrash him badly and to recover the video,” Sharma added.
Woman after getting arrested with four others too has lodged a case of blackmailing and rape. “Based on her FIR, we have arrested the accused on the charges of rape. The rape survivor was also arrested for kidnapping Soni,” he added.
Police were also interrogating the jeweller to retrieve the video footage he had of the rape through which he was blackmailing the woman.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)