Woman blackmailed, raped by ex-boyfriend in Bhavnagar

RAJKOT: A 23-year-old woman from Bhavnagar was blackmailed and repeatedly raped for over two years by a man with whom she was in a relationship.
The woman lodged a complaint of rape and under sections of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and also Information Technology Act on Wednesday after the accused Haresh Chudasama uploaded a video of the rape on the internet.
Police said that the woman and Chudasama, a resident of Chaniyara village of Talaja taluka, came into contact around three years ago when she went to Chaniyara village for labour work. The duo used to meet regularly and expressed their liking for each other. Chudasama recorded the conversation they used to have over the phone.
In June 2019, Chudasama took the woman to a hotel near Mahuva and blackmailed her. He made her listen to one of the call recordings and blackmailed her to succumb to his sexual demands. He threatened to make the call recordings public and even tell her parents about the same.
Fearing for her reputation, the woman succumbed to Chudasama’s demands. Using the recordings as a threat, Chudasama later raped the woman several times at his home too. The accused had also recorded a video of the rape he committed at a hotel on his mobile phone.
Recently when he learnt that the woman’s marriage was fixed, Chudasama shared the video on the internet. When the woman learnt about it, she approached the police and lodged the case. Police are yet to arrest the accused.