Mumbai Police registered an FIR against Shiv Sena’s Thane district unit head Kedar Dighe for threatening a 23-year-old rape victim.
Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against Shiv Sena’s Thane district unit head Kedar Dighe for threatening a 23-year-old woman who was allegedly raped by his friend at a five-star hotel in Lower Parel.
Dighe was appointed as the district chief just three days ago on Sunday by Uddhav Thackeray.
The case was registered at N M Joshi Marg Police Station against Dighe and his friend Rohit Kapoor. “We received a complaint and have registered a case against Dighe. We are yet to arrest the accused,” a senior IPS officer said.
The incident allegedly took place late on July 28 at a five-star hotel in Lower Parel. The police said that the woman works as a sales executive in the hotel and she approached Kapoor to sell a club membership while he was eating there.
Later, the woman alleged, that Kapoor raped her when she went to his room to collect the cheque.
“She confided in her friend after which she went to confront Kapoor at his hotel room on Monday when Dighe allegedly offered her money to not file a police complaint and subsequently threatened her of dire consequences,” the officer said.
