Crime Patrol Dial 100: Navi Mumbai: Fake cop tries to rape woman in Vashi mall (Episode 39 on 8th December, 2015)

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Mumbai, Maharashtra

Man Poses as Crime Branch Officer and Molests Housewife

In a bizarre and horrifying incident, a man posing as a Crime Branch officer convinced a 35-year-old housewife to meet him saying her husband had been detained in Germany in connection with a sex racket, and then forced her to let him have his way with her.

He called her to a Vashi mall and told her that the only way she could save her husband was if she agreed to “have sex multiple times”. The molester made the victim disconnect her landline and kept her busy on the phone all through to keep her from calling her husband and finding out the truth. He paid a mall security guard Rs 500 to keep mum, when he chanced upon them and, after molesting the woman, he even made her sign a document stating that whatever had happened had her consent. The police have launched a massive manhunt for the molester, who is believed to have targeted other women in the past in the similar manner.

On February 6, the 35-year-old housewife from Vile Parle, who holds a Bachelor of Management Studies degree, got a call on the landline from the accused, who claimed to be a member of the Cyber Crime Cell (part of the Crime Branch) from Pune. The man asked her about who all were part of her family and what they did. Without realizing what was coming her way, the woman told him everything, including that her husband had left for Frankfurt, Germany, the same morning.

After the survivor reached Kalanagar, the accused asked her to head to Raghuleela Mall in Vashi. After he saw her in the mall, he went up to her and snatched the phone from her hands. The victim was too shocked to react and, left with no other option, went to the terrace of the mall with the accused, who started forcing himself on her. Officers said that when the accused was about to rape the woman, a security guard from the mall arrived at the scene. He was, however, given Rs 500 by the accused and asked to leave. The woman realized she had been fooled when she was able to contact her husband after reaching home.

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