Mumbai student held for rape after spiking drink
MUMBAI, Nov. 12 -- A 22-year-old student from a college in Mumbai's Juhu area has been arrested for allegedly drugging and raping a 19-year-old fellow student during a party at Madh Island in Malad (West) on October 29, police said on Wednesday.
According to officials aware of the matter, a group of students from the college had organised the party at Madh Island, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Malvani police station.
"During the party, the accused, who is originally from Chhattisgarh, allegedly spiked the woman's drink with a sedative and sexually assaulted her after she lost consciousness," a police officer, who did not wish to be named, said.
After regaining consciousness, the woman returned home and narrated the incident to her parents, following which they approached the Juhu police.
The police recorded the woman's statement and anFIR was subsequently registered at the Malvani police station on Wednesday under Sections 64(1) (ordinary cases of rape), 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 123 (causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the officer added.
The case was initially registered by the Malvani Police,but subsequently transferred to the Juhu Police on a zeroFIR basis.
"At the request ofthe victim's parents, the investigation was handed over tothe Juhu Police," the officer said.
"We are recording statements of other students who attended the party and examining the circumstances surrounding the incident to gather further evidence. CCTV recordings of the party venue are also being gathered," the officer added.
Police said the accusedwas arrested in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday and broughtto Mumbai on a transit remand.
He was produced before a Mumbai court, which remanded him to five daysof police custody, the officer said....
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