India, Nov. 11 -- A 37-year-old driver was arrested on Sunday for allegedly drugging, raping, and blackmailing a 35-year-old house-help who worked in the same south Mumbai building as him. He took her to a hotel in July 2024, where he spiked her drink, raped her and clicked obscene photos, following which he continued to blackmail and abuse her for over a year.

According to the police, the incident dates back to 2024 when the accused Indra Mohan Bharti befriended the woman and in July that year, he took her to a hotel in the Fort area saying there was some ritual being performed. There, he offered her a cold drink, in which he added sedatives, and allegedly assaulted her and also clicked obscene photos.

"For over a year after the incide...