Three held for raping, blackmailing woman in Gujarat

VADODARA/ANAND: Cybercrime police in Anand has arrested three persons accused of raping a woman and blackmailing her with obscene videos and photographs. The accused include an advocate from Ahmedabad and a doctor from Borsad town of Anand district.
According to the details revealed by the victim before the cops, she had developed a relationship with one of the accused identified as Sandeep Tarke, a resident of Anand’s Jeevandeep Society, who works as a photographer.
Before a year and a half, the duo had entered a verbal fight over an extramarital affair following which Tarke allegedly started demanding money from the woman.
The woman had later got in touch with Ahmedabad-based advocate Pradyuman Gohil who had assured to help her. But Gohil raped her in a hotel where Tarke was also present. The woman’s nude photographs and videos were captured in the hotel.
The victim has revealed before the cops that she was raped multiple times by the duo who threatened her that they would make the images and video go viral on social media platforms.
Regarding the third accused, the victim has stated that Dr Mehul Prajapati had started harassing her after he took her to the primary health centre in Borsad for treatment.
Even as she had blocked Prajapati’s mobile number, she started receiving calls and messages from another number.
Based on the victim’s complaint, the trio has been booked under sections 376 D, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the IT Act.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)